Vocabulary

• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• way too long: Excessively long in duration; much longer than necessary or desired.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
• seek: To ask someone for help
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• morale: ​the amount of confidence and enthusiasm, etc. that a person or a group has at a particular time
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• product: Item that can be bought
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• persuasive: Able to convince others to do or believe something
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• atom: Smallest bit that matter can be broken down into
• colonize: To take control over place and live there
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• happen: To take place or occur
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• congratulate: To say 'well done' to if a good thing happened
• tagline: Ending line in a joke or story that make a point
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• teleprompter: Device showing words for announcer, etc. to read
• honeymoon: Holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple
• olden: Long past
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• mic: Short for 'microphone'
• ebook: Book displayed on a digital device e.g. a phone