Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• featured on: To appear or be highlighted in a particular media outlet.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• as it stands: In the present condition or situation.
• sit down: To take a seat
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• absurd: So foolish as to be difficult to believe
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• section: A part of a whole
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• ethic: Set of moral principles; rules of behavior
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• notoriously: So as to be well-known for being something bad
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• point: An item to be discussed
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• jargon: Terms and expressions used in a specialist field
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• incompetence: Lack of skill or ability to do a task successfully
• daunt: To make someone feel less courageous or confident
• prospectus: Printed material showing the benefits of something
• outdate: To be older than