Vocabulary

• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• have to: Must do
• out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of theirs: Belonging to them; their possession or property.
• speak down to: To talk to someone in a way that shows you think they are inferior.
• read off: To recite or announce something from a list.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• return the favor: To do something good for someone who has done something good for you.
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• valuable: Being useful or important
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• click: To work well with someone or something
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• irritated: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• sharp: Person's name
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• greedy: Wanting to have more of something than you need
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• petrol: Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
• byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• measurement: Size or amount of something or someone
• bridge: Structure built over river, road so you can cross
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
• backstage: In the area of a theater behind the stage
• creme: (Cookery) cream