Vocabulary

• natural talent: An innate or inborn aptitude or skill.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• quiz question: A question asked in a quiz to test someone's knowledge.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• of means: Having resources or wealth available for use.
• high expectations: A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future; a high degree of anticipation.
• get a grip: To control your emotions and behave more calmly.
• work out
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• decipher: To uncover the meaning of something hard to read
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• fascination: Quality that attracts attention
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• great: Very good; better than before
• person: Man, woman or child
• wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• prodigy: Young person who is amazingly talented
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• exhibition: Public event to display objects, art etc.
• dynasty: Family that controls a country for a long time
• scholar: Educated person who attends or attended school
• bug: To bother someone
• unearth: To discover by searching thoroughly
• pharaoh: A king or queen who ruled in ancient Egypt
• granite: Type of very hard stone used in buildings
• uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
• classical: Concerning the culture of ancient Greece or Rome
• archaeology: The study of ancient societies
• unlock: To use a key or code to open something