Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• have to: Must do
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• at least: As a minimum
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• feel out: To try to discover someone's opinions, ideas, or intentions by talking to them for a while.
• out of place: Not comfortable or belonging in a particular situation.
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• under the umbrella: In a position covered and sheltered by an umbrella.
• play along: To cooperate or pretend to cooperate with someone
• make up to: To compensate or atone to someone for a mistake or wrongdoing.
• read through: To read something from beginning to end, often to find mistakes or check details.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• weather out: To survive or endure a difficult situation or period.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• huge: Very very large
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• courtesy: Polite and respectful behavior
• census: Survey to collect data about people in an area
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• balcony: Platform with a rail projecting out of a building
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• fill: To make something full
• daily: Happening every day
• sweaty: Covered in sweat, or smelling of sweat
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• part: Division of a book
• portuguese: Concerning the culture and people of Portugal
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• goodness: (Used to express slight surprise)
• graceful: Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
• alike: Equally; applied equally to several people/things
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• finale: Last part of a musical piece or performance
• craftsmanship: Skill of making things in the manual arts
• fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
• popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• crouch: To bend your back forward from the waist on down
• ski: Long thin board for the feet for moving on show
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• ballerina: Classical dancer who performs in a ballet
• umbrella: Including many smaller things of the same type
• handcraft: To make an art object by hand
• firewood: Wood that can be burned as fuel
• tiger: Large wild cat with orange fur and black lines
• doorbell: Button you push on outside door to gain entry
• sh: Sound people make to make someone be quiet