Vocabulary

• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• on time
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• sort out: To find a way of dealing with a problem; resolve
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• change your mind
• got to: To arrive at some place
• goof around: To spend time doing nothing important or behaving in a silly way.
• were it not for: Used to say something would not happen without a particular condition.
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• smack: To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• departure: Act of leaving a place, to start a journey
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• goof: A silly or stupid mistake