Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• drawing in: To attract or entice someone or something.
• have to: Must do
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• melt into: To blend or merge smoothly into something else, often losing distinctness.
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• see beyond: To understand deeper truths beyond surface.
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• section: A part of a whole
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• uncanny: So keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• great: Very good; better than before
• mere: Just enough of something
• earnest: Serious; determined; not light-hearted
• glamour: Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
• part: Division of a book
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• live: To be alive
• mint: Candies with the taste of mint
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• foliage: Leaves of a plant
• shawl: Fabric worn over the head, or to wrap a baby up in
• interplay: Way two or more people/things affect each other
• lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers
• paintbrush: Brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)