Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• move it up: To advance or accelerate the timing of something.
• have to: Must do
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• consist of
• follow along: To agree to do or act the same as others
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• ring out: To sound loudly and clearly.
• improve on: To make something better than it was before.
• in little: To a small extent; insignificantly.
• bring out: To formally introduce a girl/ woman to society
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• hold it down: To keep control or maintain the situation.
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• at least: As a minimum
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• couple: To join something to something else
• valid: Being in effect or in force, often legally
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• stale: (E.g. of bread) not fresh
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• suspense: Genre of movies, novels of uncertain mystery
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• inversion: Change in position so things become the opposite
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• palette: Flat board for mixing paint
• lush: Someone who is often drunk
• harmonious: Being compatible; working well together
• pedal: Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
• chord: Line that joins two points on a circle
• melody: Song; music
• successive: Happening one after another in a series
• octave: Range of notes in an 8-note musical scale
• triad: Secret Chinese organization of criminals
• accompaniment: Music played to support a person singing
• ballad: Story that is told through a song or poem
• prelude: Event introducing something more important
• permissible: That is allowed; allowable
• overuse: Use of an object too often or too extensively