Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have to: Must do
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• speech act: An utterance defined in terms of a speaker's intention and the effect it has on a listener; the action performed when an utterance is produced.
• side note: A brief piece of additional information or a comment that is related to the main subject but is not essential to it.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• air out: To ventilate a room or space by opening windows or doors.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• the whole story: The complete and unabridged account of something.
• tone in: To adjust or harmonize one’s tone to match others.
• on a string: To be under someone's control or influence.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• run a mile: To avoid someone or something completely.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• build a house: To construct a building for habitation.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• work out
• next to: Being located along side another
• Easier said than done: More difficult than it appears to be.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• common ancestor: An ancestor that two or more species have in common and from which they both evolved.
• such as: For example; like
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• by the way of: Using or via a particular route or method.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• fall out
• on the fly: While in motion or progress; spontaneously; without prior planning or preparation.
• left and right: In both the left and right directions.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• against time: Working under pressure to meet a deadline; in a race to finish something quickly.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• fluent: Doing something well and with ease
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• shift: To change in position or direction
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• innate: Being part of something's nature
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• account: An advantage
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• monarch: A king or queen
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• syntax: Study of the way words are organized in a sentence
• grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
• datum: Item of factual information
• semantic: Concerning the different meanings of words
• latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
• morphology: Study of the forms and structures of things