Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• tv show: A television program.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• between the ears: Refers to the brain or intellectual ability.
• show in: To lead someone into a room or building.
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• bomb out: To fail completely or badly, often in a test or competition.
• little bit crazy: Slightly mad or eccentric; somewhat irrational.
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• at least: As a minimum
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• to the full: Completely; to the greatest extent possible.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• superficial: On the surface only; not deep
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• piece: A counter in a board game
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• person: Man, woman or child
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• fictional: Including people and events that are not real
• evil: Act considered morally bad
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• kid: Child or young person
• hairy: Having or covered with a lot of hair
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• abominable: Extremely bad, horrible, immoral, or unpleasant
• yeti: Large hairy creature said to live in the Himalayas
• snowman: Figure of a person made of packed snow