Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• tell apart: To be able to see the difference between two things or people that are very similar.
• spared no expense: Spent a lot of money; did not try to save money.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• cut through: To pass or go directly through something, often overcoming an obstacle.
• go on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• fabric: Cloth or material
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
• garment: Piece of clothing
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• spectacle: Impressive performance, public event or show
• important: Having power or authority
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• merchant: Someone who buys and sells goods
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• gown: Long loose clothing worn over other clothes
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• apron: Clothing to keep clothes clean when cooking
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• rank: To rate or class things
• decorate: To make more attractive by adding designs/paint
• practicality: State of being useful or realistically possible
• hood: Front part of the car that covers the engine
• item: Single, brief piece of news or reporting
• silk: Fine cloth material used for making clothes
• slit: To make a narrow cut
• silhouette: Image/drawing showing only the outline, as of head
• castle: Large defensive building in historical times
• fashion: Style of dress or activity popular at some time
• partly: In part; not completely
• cane: To beat someone with a stick as punishment
• linen: Cloth made from fibers of the flax plant
• semblance: Outward appearance