Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• writ large: Displayed or obvious in a very clear or exaggerated way.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• teamed up with: To form as a group to work together on something
• rack up: To accumulate or amass something, typically debts or points.
• want out: To desire to withdraw or escape from a situation, agreement, or commitment.
• tv show: A television program.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• amount: Quantity of something
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• immersion: Complete mental attention, e.g. when reading
• convey: To carry or transport something
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
• affluent: Having plenty of money and possessions
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• groom: To make neat and smart in appearance
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• reservation: Arrangement to keep a room or table for you
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• revise: To make changes or add something to improve
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• nephew: Son of your brother or sister
• elementary: Basic, simple, or essential
• conceptual: Including concepts or the forming of concepts
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• innovate: To introduce or create new things or make changes
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• takeoff: A composition imitating someones artistic work
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy