Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have a ball: To enjoy oneself very much; have a good time.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• like anything: Used to emphasize strong intensity or effort.
• go on: To continue doing something
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
• respond: To answer something or someone
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
• hitchhiker: Person who travels by getting free rides in cars
• nonfiction: Not fiction; real or factual content of books
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing