Vocabulary

• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• anything goes: There are no rules or restrictions; anything is acceptable or possible.
• slips into: To quickly put on (a piece of clothing).
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• city center: The central part of a city, especially the main business or commercial area.
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• shift: To change in position or direction
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• valuable: Being useful or important
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• patron: Person buying products or services of a business
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• fertile: (Of imagination, etc.) working strongly; productive
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• important: Having power or authority
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• act: To behave in a certain way
• apprentice: Person learning a trade by working for an expert
• momentous: Very important or serious
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
• torment: Great mental or physical pain
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• weak: Not having a strong character
• triumphant: Celebrating victory or success
• underway: Happening now
• gum: To cover or stick with adhesive
• culmination: The point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it reaches this point
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• surely: With certainty; definitely
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• jade: Green stone used to make jewelry/art objects
• moss: Soft green plant which grows on trees and stones
• sheen: Soft, smooth, shiny quality, as of glossy hair
• reed: Person's name
• induction: Entry into a position, organization or office
• midwife: Person who helps a pregnant woman deliver a baby
• jaguar: Large wild cat of Central and South America
• hearth: Area or space in front of the fireplace in a home
• heartily: With energy and sincerity