Vocabulary

• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• step down: To reduce the amount of something
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• in shock: When not enough blood flows round the body
• pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• run a mile: To avoid someone or something completely.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• hierarchy: Group that manages and controls an organization
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• absurd: So foolish as to be difficult to believe
• address: Exact street location of a place
• huge: Very very large
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• respect: To follow the established rules
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• act: To behave in a certain way
• eloquent: Able to speak expressively or convincingly
• apprentice: Person learning a trade by working for an expert
• monarch: A king or queen
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• succeed: To have achieved what you were trying to achieve
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• monarchy: Nation that is ruled by a king or queen
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• trademark: Legal symbol proving ownership of product, etc.
• baton: Short stick used by a music conductor
• unworthy: Lacking in value or merit; not deserving help
• shocker: An extremely bad performance