Vocabulary

• park in: To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• set up
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• snow in: To be trapped inside due to heavy snowfall blocking exits.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• those times: A period in the past, often remembered fondly.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• put under: To administer an anaesthetic to someone.
• meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• turn on
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• contemplate: To consider whether you will do something
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• convention: Official agreement between two or more countries
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• mythology: Myths of a particular culture or group of people
• surround: To be all the way around something
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• fortress: Military buildings providing protection
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• siege: Surrounding an enemy to prevent them getting food
• fortify: To protect against military attack, as with walls
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• area: Amount of measured space
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• pine: Tall pointed evergreen tree with needlelike leaves
• curator: Person who is in charge of objects for exhibition
• canoe: Small and light boat propelled with a paddle
• waterfront: Harbor or dockyard of city near the water
• domination: Authority; rule; control
• fathom: 1.8m unit of length to measure the depth of water
• plaza: Open public space
• dame: Title of respect given to a woman
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• spruce: Evergreen tree with needle-like leaves
• storyteller: Someone who tells stories
• titanic: Concerning great force or power