Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• often used to: Frequently employed or utilized for a specific purpose or action.
• in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• important: Having power or authority
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
• public: Owned by the government
• piece: A counter in a board game
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• person: Man, woman or child
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• wilderness: Rural area left natural and largely untouched
• jab: To hit with a short straight blow
• radioactivity: Emission of electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay