Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• quiz question: A question asked in a quiz to test someone's knowledge.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• get on with: To have a good relationship with someone
• go on: To continue doing something
• take with: To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
• read for: To read aloud on behalf of someone else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• read off: To recite or announce something from a list.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• shift: To change in position or direction
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• read: Person's name
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• classic: Having a simple, basic design or style
• romantic: Relating to courtship or love
• club: Group of people who share an interest, as in sport