Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• hand up: To raise one's hand in order to get attention, especially in a classroom.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• next to: Being located along side another
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• pin down: To force someone to clarify their opinion
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• go on: To continue doing something
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• fluent: Doing something well and with ease
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
• civilization: A highly developed society
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• great: Very good; better than before
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• remainder: What is left over after the larger part is gone
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• puff: To breath in and out quickly
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• distinctly: Clearly; very