Vocabulary

• spread your wings: To start using your abilities and doing new things after gaining experience.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• have to: Must do
• under wraps: Kept secret or confidential.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• respect: To follow the established rules
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• devotion: Strong love or attachment; a commitment to
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• butterfly: Insect with large and colorful wings
• cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
• finalize: To make preparations to bring a thing to a finish