Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• set up
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• allow for: To take into consideration
• point in time: A specific moment or instance when something occurs or exists.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• check out
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• valuable: Being useful or important
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• aid: To help others and provide things
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• anecdote: Brief story based on personal experience
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• descriptive: Telling what something is like or looks like
• area: Amount of measured space
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• anecdotal: Relying on stories, experiences, rather than fact
• disappoint: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• snapshot: A photograph, especially an informal one
• developmental: Concerning the development or growth
• snail: Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
• unbiased: Without prejudice; giving a fair assessment
• loft: High area with seats in a church or hall
• childcare: Looking after children and babies
• checklist: List of tasks and things to be checked
• sherry: Alcoholic drink originating in Spain