Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at least: As a minimum
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• float away: To drift or move gently away on water or in the air.
• on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
• in consequence: As a result; therefore.
• on time
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• buy into: To come to accept an idea or believe in it
• such as: For example; like
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• dude: Form of address for a man
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• require: To demand that someone does something
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• rigorous: Very strict and often difficult; thorough
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• century: Period of 100 years
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• particle: Adverb or preposition that joins with a verb
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• quit: To leave a job
• conjunction: Combination of things or events
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• prefix: Part of a word added to the front, e.g. UNhappy
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• tout: To praise or promote something
• atlas: Book of maps
• equivocate: To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear