Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• in the post: Sent by mail or postal service.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• financial: Involving money
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• account: An advantage
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• soak: To make something completely wet
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• theft: Act of stealing
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• icon: Small image on a computer screen
• inspection: Official examination to make sure everything is ok
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• replica: An exact copy of something
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• memo: Brief note or message left for another person
• victor: Person who wins a game or other competition
• poly: Multiple; many