Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• going on: To continue doing something
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• side note: A brief piece of additional information or a comment that is related to the main subject but is not essential to it.
• has over: To invite someone to your house.
• on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• grey: Color between black and white (also spelled gray)
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• twentieth: 20th
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• model: Being an excellent example of
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• area: Amount of measured space
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• century: Period of 100 years
• chat: To talk in a friendly and relaxed manner
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• invitation: When someone asks another to attend an event, etc.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• mapping: To draw a diagram to show the geography of an area
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• repeat: Action that is done again
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• role: Character played by an actor
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• sexiest: Being the most sexy
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• hunted: Chased by people or animals who want to kill you
• conditioning: To improve something to make it better
• inform: To give information or facts about something
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• imaging: Use of photos or electronic images, as in science
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• favorable: When a good result or positive outcome is likely
• slapping: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• correspond: To have similarity or equality with something
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• ignoring: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• linguistics: The study of human languages
• considerate: Taking care not to offend or disturb someone else
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• logic: Proper, valid sensible reasoning
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
• innate: Being part of something's nature
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
• ahem: Sound to clear the throat to get attention
• mislead: To make someone have the wrong idea about a thing
• aphasia: Reduced language ability due to stroke, etc.
• cerebral: Having or concerning ideas rather than emotions
• activation: Act of making something (e.g. a bomb) active
• articulate: To express something clearly using language
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range