Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at first sight: Immediately on seeing someone or something for the first time; based on a first impression.
• such as: For example; like
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• coming of age: The process of reaching adulthood; the transition from childhood to adulthood.
• after hours: After the usual closing time.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• leading character: The main or most important character in a story, play, or film.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• literary devices: Techniques that writers use to produce a special effect in their writing.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• characteristic: Typical or distinctive
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• civilization: A highly developed society
• charisma: Special quality of a person that charms/attracts
• leave: To go away from; depart
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• inception: Beginning or start of (institution or business)
• empathetic: Exhibiting deep emotional understanding
• cinema: A place for showing movies
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• trust: To expect confidently
• derive: To come from another thing
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• yearn: To strongly desire something or someone
• literary: Concerning writers or the profession of writing
• interstellar: Being in the space between stars or star systems
• rattle: To make a series of sharp noises by shaking
• primal: Existing from the beginning of known time
• circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
• linear: Made of lines
• structural: Concerning or caused by structure
• understatement: Description undervaluing how important a thing is
• unpack: To try to understand by thinking about something
• tenet: Principle or belief, usually religious
• elemental: Being basic and important
• memento: Object to remind you of an event or place
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information