Vocabulary

• regardless of
• pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
• step off: To leave or move away from a place or situation, often used as a command.
• have to: Must do
• set up
• without knowing: Unaware; without being conscious of something.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• contrary to: In opposition to; against.
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• barely: Only just; just possible
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• amount: Quantity of something
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• leave: To go away from; depart
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• static: Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• expat: Someone who does not live in their own country