Vocabulary

• check out
• on the hour: Exactly at the stated hour; when the minutes are zero.
• out of service: Not functioning; not available for use.
• help desk: A service that provides assistance and information to users of computer software or hardware.
• on time
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• due: When something is required or expected
• respond: To answer something or someone
• leave: To go away from; depart
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• staff: Employees of a company
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
• studio: Place for painting, broadcasting, etc.
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• hallway: Interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• promptly: At a particular or expected time; right on time
• technician: Person whose job is to maintain, repair machinery
• beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn
• locker: Cupboard with a lock to keep your possessions
• toefl: Test Of English as a Foreign Language