Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• short and sweet: Brief and pleasant; concise and agreeable.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• jump on: To criticize someone suddenly and strongly.
• in the bucket: Situated or contained inside a bucket.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• write in: To add text to a document or form.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• plural: Being more than one person or thing
• important: Having power or authority
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• piece: A counter in a board game
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• introduction: A first experience with something
• maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
• capitalize: To write words, the first letter in BIG LETTERS
• dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
• pet: Animal kept by a person for company and friendship
• peace: Calm and quiet state
• picnic: Meal that is eaten outdoors, sitting on the ground
• comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
• careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• magic: Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
• countable: (Of nouns) that can exist in the plural
• uncountable: (Of nouns) that cannot exist in the plural
• whew: Sound people make when they are relieved
• ed: Shortened form of 'editor'
• oop: Sound people make when they make a mistake