Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• bang on: Exactly (used with numbers, time, for emphasis)
• above and beyond: More than what is expected or required; exceptional.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• check out
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• at least: As a minimum
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• knock on: To strike a door or window to attract attention.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• at school: Present and attending school.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• screw up: Spoken to make a big mistake
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• white pages: A telephone directory listing subscribers alphabetically by name and address.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• work out
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• goes to show: To demonstrate or prove something.
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• requires effort: To need or demand effort to achieve something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• ask for permission: To request authorization or consent to do something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• fluent: Doing something well and with ease
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• require: To demand that someone does something
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• favor: Support or approval from people
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• soak: To make something completely wet
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• important: Having power or authority
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• great: Very good; better than before
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• bravo: Shouted to express approval, e.g. of a performance
• merci: (French) for 'thank you'