Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• check out
• have to: Must do
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• press on: To continue doing something in a determined way; to persevere.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• such as: For example; like
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• stop by: To visit someone or some place for a short time
• call it a day: To stop working on something for the rest of the day.
• star sign: One of the twelve areas of the zodiac, associated with a particular period of the year.
• meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• going on: To continue doing something
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• at least: As a minimum
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• desirable: Being wanted; worth try to get
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• scenery: Stage props during a play; a country view
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• redeem: To exchange (coupon/voucher) for merchandise, etc.
• ideal: Exactly right; could not be better
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• tie: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• festival: Cultural event with a program of events
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• blossom: Flower from a tree, often one appearing in spring
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
• voucher: Paper that is exchanged for goods or services
• pamphlet: Thin book that provides information about a topic
• dish: Shallow container that you cook or serve food in
• pancake: Flat cake of fried on both sides on a griddle, etc.
• husky: (Of people) strongly built
• cherry: Small, round fruit with a red or black skin
• cash: Physical money (not credit card or digital)
• neighbourhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• yen: Currency used in Japan
• sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
• overcrowd: To have too many people or things in
• bicycle: 2-wheeled vehicle ridden by pushing on foot pedals