Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• have to: Must do
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• listen in: To secretly listen to a conversation.
• word up: An expression of agreement or acknowledgement.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• separate out: To extract or distinguish something from a mixture.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• got to: To arrive at some place
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• depth: Distance below a surface
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• melody: Song; music
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
• unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
• ch: Abbreviation for Chapter