Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• link up: To connect or join together physically.
• go on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• present participle: A verb form ending in '-ing' in English, used in forming continuous tenses.
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• consider: To think carefully about something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• quantity: A large amount of something
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• leave: To go away from; depart
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• modify: To make minor change to something
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• conjunction: Combination of things or events
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• possessive: Wanting someone's complete attention, love
• descriptive: Telling what something is like or looks like
• maple: Any of various trees, some producing syrup
• participle: Nonfinite form of the verb, e.g. -ing or -ed forms
• cane: To beat someone with a stick as punishment
• superlative: Highest in quality or excellence
• predicate: To base something on a previous situation
• comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
• comparative: Word form expressing a difference in degree