Vocabulary

• pure and simple: Used to emphasize that something is exactly as stated, nothing more.
• in the mood: Wanting to do something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• well-oiled machine: A system or organization that operates very efficiently.
• at a moment's notice: With very little warning or time before something happens.
• on the skids: In a state of decline or failure.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• high and low: Searching everywhere thoroughly.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the order of: Approximately; about a certain amount or number.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• in the shoes of: Considering someone else's situation or feelings.
• see past: To overlook flaws or errors and accept.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• decade: Period of 10 years
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• role: Character played by an actor
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• imperial: Of an empire or an emperor
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• visionary: Thinking about the future in an imaginative way
• amusing: To make someone laugh by entertaining them
• spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
• derivative: Not from original ideas; from somewhere else
• meditative: Thinking in a quiet reflective manner