Vocabulary

• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• smash hit: A very successful song, film, play, etc.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• move along: To make progress; advance.
• aside from
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• for that matter: Used to emphasize that something is true or likely to happen, or to introduce a related point.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• glamorous: Attractive in a sexy way; exciting; alluring
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
• previously: At an earlier time
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
• fascination: Quality that attracts attention
• quintessential: Being a model example of a specific thing
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• sleek: Having a smooth and appealing shape or surface
• commerce: Buying and selling of goods and services; trade
• land: Region or country
• goofy: Silly or stupid; crazy
• gap: Distance between two objects
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• champion: Person who fights for or supports strongly
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• graphic: Concerning things that are drawn
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• elevate: To make something higher
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• lipstick: Red, pink etc. makeup for the lips
• complexion: Appearance of skin on the face, e.g. darkness
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• detachment: Feeling of not being personally involved
• few: Not many, a small number
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• chic: Fashionable; stylish; smart; sophisticated
• mirage: Thing you think you can see but not really there
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• trademark: Legal symbol proving ownership of product, etc.
• freelance: To work for yourself, not a company
• emblem: Visual sign or symbol of (nation or organization)
• warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• vietnam: A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• abstraction: Concept or idea related to something not physical
• angular: Having one or more sharp angles
• vector: Math a quantity that has both size and direction
• playboy: Man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure