Vocabulary

• read through: To read something from beginning to end, often to find mistakes or check details.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in secret: Done or kept in a way that is not known or seen by others.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• have to: Must do
• fell ill: To become sick; to start suffering from a disease.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• tune in: To listen to a radio program or watch a television program.
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• renaissance: Period of intense activity in art and science
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• literacy: Fact of having knowledge of a particular subject
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• leave: To go away from; depart
• gauge: A tool used to measure things
• reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
• instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
• devote: To dedicate
• important: Having power or authority
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• majesty: Impressive quality that something large has
• heir: Person to receive power or money when someone dies
• literate: Being educated and having read a lot of literature
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
• sadden: To cause someone to be sad