Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• slip down: To slide or lose one's footing and fall downwards.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the canvas: Knocked down, especially in boxing or other fights.
• going on: To continue doing something
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• point in time: A specific moment or instance when something occurs or exists.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• strength: Condition of being strong
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• perpetual: Continuing forever
• dawn: First light of day
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• marvelous: Extraordinarily good or great
• representation: Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
• hint: To suggest without being direct about it
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• surround: To be all the way around something
• occurrence: Specific instance of something happening
• composition: Piece of writing, music etc.
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• land: Region or country
• person: Man, woman or child
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• symbolic: Representing something, but without real effect
• dispel: To make fear, an idea etc. go away
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• lobster: Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food
• serenity: Absence of mental stress or anxiety
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• torso: Body (often dead), without arms, legs, or head
• twilight: Period of time just as the sun sets
• asymmetrical: Having no balance; not the same on both sides
• subdue: To quieten someone down
• austerity: Lack of luxury or plenty
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• wheelchair: Movable chair mounted on large wheels
• notation: Set of written signs are used in music or math
• eyeball: The round part of the eye