Vocabulary

• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• have to: Must do
• in terms of
• at least: As a minimum
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• speed things up: To accelerate a process or activity; to make something happen faster.
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• point: An item to be discussed
• vantage: (usually vantage point) A place or position affording a good view of something
• gig: Show; performance; job for a musician or performer
• terminal: End part of some structure or concept
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• deterrent: Something stopping people wanting to do something
• dozen: 12 people or things
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• management: People who are in control of a business or group
• assist: To help
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• area: Amount of measured space
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• long: Person's name
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• wheelchair: Movable chair mounted on large wheels
• childcare: Looking after children and babies
• checkpoint: Place where a traveler's ID is checked