Vocabulary

• look after: To take care of someone or something
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• tiny: Very, very small
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• land: Region or country
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• portal: Type of gate or entry point, e.g. to the internet
• pottery: Factory where pots/bowls are made from clay
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
• carefully: In a manner that involves focus and care
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• abbey: Religious building in a Christian community
• flint: Hard rock that sparks when hit with steel
• weaver: Person who makes cloth by weaving