Vocabulary

• in a word: Briefly; in short.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• check out
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• narrative: The telling of a story
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• remedy: Way to solve or fix a problem
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• anecdote: Brief story based on personal experience
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• poison: To affect something in a very negative way
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
• homophone: Word pronounced the same but differing in meaning
• homepage: First, front page of a website