Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• with flying colors: With great success or distinction.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• last person: The individual who is the final one in a sequence or group.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• back then: At that time in the past.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• such as: For example; like
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• at least: As a minimum
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• improve on: To make something better than it was before.
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• barely: Only just; just possible
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• call: A order or request for action
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• valuable: Being useful or important
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• devastate: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• kindergarten: School or class for children between four and six
• tutor: A teacher who deals with students personally
• disappointed: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• luckily: In a good way; by good fortune
• carol: Traditional song sung at Christmas
• taker: Person who accepts something that is offered