Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• sit in on: To attend a meeting, class, etc., as a visitor or observer.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for fear of: Because of anxiety or apprehension that something undesirable might happen.
• have to: Must do
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
• client: Person paying for professional services
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• public: Owned by the government
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• consultant: Expert who gives (paid) advice
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• person: Man, woman or child
• nod: Movement of your head to agree or say hello
• invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
• level: Specific height of something
• logic: Proper, valid sensible reasoning
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• powerpoint: Software package to make presentations