Vocabulary

• at the sight of: When seeing something, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• by George: An old-fashioned exclamation to express surprise or emphasis.
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• express: To send something by fast mail
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• memorable: Worthy of being remembered; striking; outstanding
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• feast: Religious celebration
• cupboard: Piece of furniture used for storage
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• bare: Lacking contents; empty
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• piece: A counter in a board game
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• ample: (Of quantity, amount) more than enough
• surround: To be all the way around something
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• passage: Process of moving through time
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fare: Money people pay to travel on buses, taxis, boats
• horn: Device that makes a loud warning noise
• fable: Very old (children's) story with a moral lesson
• lament: Song or poem that expresses great sadness
• partake: To have or take a share, e.g. of food
• scarcely: Only a very short time before
• barley: Plant producing grain used in food and alcohol
• dainty: Small and attractive in a delicate way
• squeak: To make a short very high cry or sound