Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• going on: To continue doing something
• on the canvas: Knocked down, especially in boxing or other fights.
• set up
• on to: Toward something; forward
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• instance: An example of something; case
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• intention: Aim or purpose
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• transcript: Paper copy of something spoken or recorded
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• spit: To forcefully blow saliva out from your mouth
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• century: Period of 100 years
• humidity: Amount of moisture in the air in a particular area
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• daily: Happening every day
• bride: Woman who is, or who will get married soon
• palette: Flat board for mixing paint
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• peasant: A person of low social status who works on a farm
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• swab: To wipe or clean with water or a mop
• glaze: Light coating of liquid that makes surface shiny
• varnish: Liquid preparation that adds luster to furniture
• roundabout: Round junction for several roads; traffic island
• twofold: Two of something
• satay: Asian dish of barbecued meat on sticks and sauce