Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• going on: To continue doing something
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• up to scratch: Satisfactory; meeting the required standard
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• work away: To work in a place that is far from home.
• start up: A newly established business.
• set down
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have to: Must do
• cover up: To hide something bad; conceal
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• very much so: To a great extent; indeed
• loose powder: A finely milled cosmetic powder used to set makeup, reduce shine, and create a smooth finish.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• absolutely amazing: Extremely good or impressive; causing great surprise or wonder.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• amount: Quantity of something
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• pigment: Substance that makes things have a certain color
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• century: Period of 100 years
• important: Having power or authority
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• poisonous: Harmful; unfriendly; unpleasant
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• naturally: In the expected or usual way
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• monarchy: Nation that is ruled by a king or queen
• dye: A liquid that colors hair, cloth etc.
• blush: To turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
• wig: Covering of artificial hair worn on the head
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
• forehead: Area of the face above the eyes
• virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
• image: Picture, sculpture or painting of something
• dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• castle: Large defensive building in historical times
• eyebrow: Line of hair that grows above the eye
• otherworldly: Not belonging to this world; alien; weird
• linen: Cloth made from fibers of the flax plant
• balm: Fragrant herb
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• amber: Hard, clear yellow dried resin from trees
• optimum: Best or most desirable, effective
• primer: A kind of paint put on to make the top coat better
• cloth: Piece of material used for cleaning, etc.
• recreate: To make a past situation exist again
• cheekbone: Bone beneath the eye that forms the cheek
• paintbrush: Brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)