Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• language proficiency: The ability to use a language with accuracy and fluency.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• add on: To attach or include something extra.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• sink or swim: To fail or succeed by one's own efforts, without help from anyone else.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• graveyard shift: A work shift that begins late at night and ends early in the morning.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• scheme of things: The way that things are generally ordered or arranged in the world or in a particular situation.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• in contrast to: Differing from something else
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• featured on: To appear or be highlighted in a particular media outlet.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• move with: To adapt or proceed together in agreement or pace with something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in terms of
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• been there, done that: To have already experienced something and be tired of it.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• away from home: Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
• hands down: To give (clothes, etc.) to someone younger
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• bust out: To escape from a place, especially prison.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• socialize: To spend time with people; go out and make friends
• angel: Supernatural human figure from heaven with wings
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy