Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• walk away with: To win or obtain something easily or without much effort.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• regardless of
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• have to: Must do
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• harmony: Pleasing, attractive combination of parts, things
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• clash: To have a disagreement or fight over something
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• improvise: To compose, speak or perform without preparation
• tweak: To make a small change or adjustment
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• augment: To make something larger, stronger, more effective
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• chord: Line that joins two points on a circle
• stomp: To walk, dance, or move with heavy steps
• melody: Song; music
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• classical: Concerning the culture of ancient Greece or Rome
• satin: Smooth and shiny cloth sometimes made of silk
• unthinkable: Impossible to imagine; not to be considered
• triad: Secret Chinese organization of criminals
• harmonic: Relating to harmony in music
• ch: Abbreviation for Chapter