Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• start up: A newly established business.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• barely: Only just; just possible
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• annoying: To make someone angry
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
• blank: Showing no emotion or understanding
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• fine: Good, acceptable or satisfactory
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• pen: Small fenced area where people or animals are kept
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut