Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• look through: To examine carefully to see what is there
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• have to: Must do
• look back: To think about past events
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• for my money: In my opinion; according to my judgment.
• first prize: The best prize in a competition or game.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• option: A choice
• respond: To answer something or someone
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• tick: To function properly or normally
• quit: To leave a job
• detective: Person who investigates and solves crimes
• grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• review: To carefully look at the quality of something
• continuous: Happening, existing, or performed without stops
• repeat: Action that is done again
• anger: To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• congratulate: To say 'well done' to if a good thing happened
• toothbrush: Small brush with long handle used to clean teeth