Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• drink to: To raise a glass to honor or celebrate someone or something.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• military: Army or armed forces
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• embarrassed: To cause someone to feel ashamed
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• reap: To harvest or to cut and collect crops
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• humility: Quality of not feeling better than others
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• intrigue: To make someone interested or curious
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• compel: To force someone to do something
• person: Man, woman or child
• stranger: Someone you do not know
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• frivolous: Silly; not as serious as it should be
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• yacht: Large expensive boat
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• entitle: To make you eligible to hold a title
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
• spoon: Tool with a rounded end for eating ice cream, etc.
• visibly: So as to be seen or noticed
• stint: Short period of time
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
• newcomer: Person who arrives, often with a promising future
• overwork: To make someone work too long or too hard