Vocabulary

• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• sit back: To relax and take it easy.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• have to: Must do
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• edge in: To insert oneself into a group or conversation gradually.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• require: To demand that someone does something
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• century: Period of 100 years
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• inspirational: Influencing someone to do something (good)
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• great: Very good; better than before
• land: Region or country
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• spoiler: Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• whisk: To beat egg, etc. to add air and make it light
• part: Division of a book
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• rugged: (Of mountains) rough and uneven; hard to climb
• witty: Making a joke in a clever or intelligent way
• turbulent: (Of water) moving violently and unevenly
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• orphan: Child whose parents have died
• yearn: To strongly desire something or someone
• foggy: With cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• emerald: Green-colored gemstone
• brood: (Of birds) to hatch or sit on eggs
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• saga: Description of events occurring over a long period
• aristocratic: Being/acting like one from the highest social group
• tumult: Confused situation with lots of noise and activity
• dale: Area of low land between hills or mountains
• homestead: Home and the land where it sits, often on a farm