Vocabulary

• kick off: To start a football match.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• start up: A newly established business.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• sound right: To seem correct or accurate.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• take up with: To begin an association or friendship with someone, often implying disapproval.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• beep out: To censor or replace offensive words with a beep sound.
• have to: Must do
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• couple: To join something to something else
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• respond: To answer something or someone
• leave: To go away from; depart
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• workplace: Place where work is done
• beep: Short high sound such as that made by a car horn