Vocabulary

• take out: To apply for and get a license
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• bar up: To fasten bars or similar to secure something closed.
• lose out
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• language proficiency: The ability to use a language with accuracy and fluency.
• in Dutch: In trouble or disfavor with someone.
• at least: As a minimum
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• at a price: Achieved but with negative consequences or a significant cost.
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• have to: Must do
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• way up there: At a considerable height or distance.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• read for: To read aloud on behalf of someone else.
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• fluent: Doing something well and with ease
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• conduct: Your behavior
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• bilingual: Being able to speak two languages well
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• stunt: Dangerous and daring trick, as in an action film
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• fill: To make something full
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• proficient: Being very skilled at something; being expert at
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• unit: One apartment in a building
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• textbook: A book that is used to study
• northern: In or toward the north
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• multinational: Involving many countries
• clout: Having weight and power; influence