Vocabulary

• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• keep up with the Joneses : To try to own all the same expensive objects and do all the same things as your friends or neighbours, in order to seem as successful as them
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• going on: To continue doing something
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• like anything: Used to emphasize strong intensity or effort.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• indirect: Being not directly connected to or caused by
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
• online: Connected to the internet