Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• word of mouth: Information spread by people telling each other.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• going on: To continue doing something
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at school: Present and attending school.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• lead to: To result in some action
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• blend: To combine different elements or substances
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• leave: To go away from; depart
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• persecution: Act of treating badly due to race, religion etc.
• tolerance: Ability to adjust to changes, your environment etc.
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• biscuit: A cookie
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• acceptance: Act of accepting; agreement to accept
• contradiction: Saying or showing something is not so
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• coexist: To exist peacefully together
• peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
• ancestry: Family or race from which a person is descended
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• proudly: With pride; in a proud manner
• fledge: (Of a young bird) to become capable of flight