Vocabulary

• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• except that: But; with the exception that.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• weigh down: To stop a thing moving by putting something on it
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• sign up to: To register for something, like a service or a course.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• dig deep: To make a great effort; to try very hard.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• favor: Support or approval from people
• mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• respond: To answer something or someone
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• bitter: Feeling angry and sad over something
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• inadequate: Unsatisfactory; not good enough; not enough
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• public: Owned by the government
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• millionaire: Person with 1,000,000 dollars, euros etc. or more
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• unit: One apartment in a building
• perish: Usually poetic to be destroyed; die
• mist: Light water droplets in air, so you can't see well
• compliant: Willing to obey, follow the wishes of others
• placement: Act of putting something in a place or position
• navy: Very dark shade of blue
• bureaucrat: Official who enforces petty rules
• theorist: A person who forms new ideas about a subject