Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• child: A very young person, between about 2 and 15
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• sell: To exchange something for money
• africa: Continent between the Atlantic and Indian oceans
• dryer: A machine to take water from hair or clothes
• shop: Place to learn how to fix or make things; class
• acrylic: A chemical used to make clothes and paint