Vocabulary

• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• point at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• slip up: To make a mistake
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• in the bag: Assured of success; certain to be achieved.
• on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• staff: Employees of a company
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• kettle: Metal container with spout used for boiling water
• point: An item to be discussed
• mug: Large ceramic drinking cup with a handle
• great: Very good; better than before
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• announcement: Act of informing people about something publicly
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• whistle: Device making a high sharp sound when blown
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• font: Size or style of type
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• incidentally: As part of something else; as it happens
• cosmopolitan: Sophisticated and knowledgeable about many things
• oval: Being egg-shaped
• shuttle: Vehicle carrying passengers between two places
• homeland: Country where you were born
• dammit: A mild swear word used to express annoyance
• gore: To wound by attacking with a knife, sharp horn etc.
• pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• dell: Small wooded hollow in some land; small valley