Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• of any use: Indicating whether something is helpful or useful.
• take for example: To use as an instance or illustration.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• sit down: To take a seat
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• summon up: To gather or muster (courage, strength, etc.)
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• set off: To start a journey
• wall in: To surround something tightly with walls or barriers.
• write out: To write something in full instead of using abbreviations or symbols.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• on a trip: Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• urge: A strong desire for something
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• implicit: Unquestioning and without doubt
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• prestige: High respect and status, as from being successful
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• mediocre: Average; not outstanding; not very good
• evoke: To bring forth a certain feeling or memory
• plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
• poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
• agony: Great pain or suffering
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• delightful: Greatly pleasing or entertaining
• consolation: Something that gives you a better feeling when sad
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• solace: Comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• happen: To take place or occur
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• tote: To carry something heavy, with difficulty
• disservice: Act intended to help that turns out badly
• buffet: Meal where eaters select from many various dishes
• cove: Small, sheltered inlet or bay
• lego: Child's plastic construction set