Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• pointing at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• have to: Must do
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• land on: To come down to the ground or another surface after flying or falling.
• read off: To recite or announce something from a list.
• rip on: To criticize someone severely or unkindly.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• regardless of
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• afford: To make available, to provide
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• address: Exact street location of a place
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• pal: Friend
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• deceptive: Causing someone to believe what is not true
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
• wellness: State of being happy, healthy or prosperous
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• birch: Type of tree whose leaves fall in winter