Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• with practice: Through repeated exercise or performance, leading to improvement or skill.
• go against: To disagree with or challenge someone
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• shed: Small building used for storage
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• shift: To change in position or direction
• crust: Hard outer layer of something, e.g. the earth
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• sake: Japanese rice wine
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• master: To gain control over something
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• important: Having power or authority
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• sift: To look through and remove less valuable things
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• sack: To put something in a large bag
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• great: Very good; better than before
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• vibration: Shaking motion
• sin: Act that breaks a religious law
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• sue: Person's name
• plush: Being fancy and expensive; luxurious
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• seep: To flow slowly through small openings or pores
• rust: Reddish brown color
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• mesh: Crisscrossed wires to allow air/liquid through
• sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
• sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
• shun: To avoid using/accepting, e.g. to show disapproval
• shack: Small often wooden building that is not well made
• sheen: Soft, smooth, shiny quality, as of glossy hair
• gust: Sudden strong blast of wind
• marsh: Person's name
• shin: Front part of the lower leg, beneath the knee
• shingle: Small thin piece of wood used to cover a roof/wall
• sash: Long wide piece of cloth worn around waist
• shale: Soft rock that easily breaks into flat pieces
• sh: Sound people make to make someone be quiet