Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• clock on: To register the start time of work using a time clock.
• sing along: To join in singing with someone or something.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• have to: Must do
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• set up
• original ideas: New and creative thoughts or concepts.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• absolutely amazing: Extremely good or impressive; causing great surprise or wonder.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• look back: To think about past events
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• pretty solid: Quite strong, reliable, or convincing.
• sign up to: To register for something, like a service or a course.
• check out
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• slightly: Only a little
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• huge: Very very large
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• person: Man, woman or child
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• subscription: Regular payment for a service, magazine etc.
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
• oasis: Place in a desert where there is water
• kindle: To arouse interest in; cause to exist or flourish
• online: Connected to the internet
• toothbrush: Small brush with long handle used to clean teeth
• trusty: Worthy of trust or belief
• stoicism: Indifference to pleasure or pain or suffering
• quid: Slang for one British pound
• bedside: (Of bed) by the side of a bed