Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• tap on: To touch someone or something gently and usually repeatedly, often to attract attention.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• senior center: A community center that provides services and activities for older adults.
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• barely: Only just; just possible
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• misconception: Wrong or misunderstood idea
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• insecurity: Lack of confidence or certainty about yourself
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• distribute: To hand out or give to people
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• bachelor: Person who earned a first degree at a university
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• quit: To leave a job
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• gown: Long loose clothing worn over other clothes
• redundant: Not necessary or needed
• refrigerator: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• fix: Answer to a problem
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• teeny: Very small
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• boulder: Big rock, usually round in shape
• tenure: Land or buildings one owns
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• long: Person's name
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• salvation: Being sent to heaven by believing in God
• bipartisan: Supported by both sides
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• church: Building where Christians gather and pray to God
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• technician: Person whose job is to maintain, repair machinery
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live
• oft: Many times; at short intervals
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer