Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• military: Army or armed forces
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• resource: Something that can be used profitably; asset
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• great: Very good; better than before
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• long: Person's name
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• objectively: In an open-minded way; without prejudice
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• talk: Style of speaking
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• booster: Person who backs a politician or a team etc.
• catfish: Bony, freshwater fish with long barbels
• undervalue: To assess as being cheaper than expected
• undefeated: Not yet lost or having been beaten