Vocabulary

• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• have to: Must do
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• generous: Giving or ready to give freely
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• hospitality: Welcoming treatment of visitors or guests
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• tourist: Someone who travels to a place for pleasure
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• harass: To bother repeatedly with harmful words or actions
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• tourism: Visiting to new places, e.g. abroad, for vacations
• bridge: Structure built over river, road so you can cross
• wooden: (Of acting) without natural emotion; unconvincing
• careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
• geisha: Japanese female entertainer, dancer and singer