Vocabulary

• hit the books: To study very hard.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• fall behind: To get behind or late, because of going slowly
• have to: Must do
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• away from home: Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• on time
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• write down: To record in writing
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• student: Person studying at school
• test: To be given a medical examination
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• listening: To use your ears to hear and understand things
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• exam: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
• click: To work well with someone or something
• download: To transfer data from a computer or the internet
• copy: A counter for items that are the same
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• friendly: Acting like a friend; kind and helpful
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• main: Most important; most often used
• instructor: Person who teaches or explains usually as a job
• advisor: Someone giving advice in business, law etc.
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• terrified: Very frightened
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• helpful: Doing things that help someone
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• frequently: Often; regularly
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• senior: Person who has usually reached a specific old age
• junior: Student in third year
• naturally: In the expected or usual way
• impressed: To make an emotional or cognitive impact upon
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• undergrad: A college student studying for their first degree
• registrar: Someone in control of official records
• grad: One-hundredth of a right angle
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• prof: Shortened form of 'Professor'
• dean: Official in charge of one part of a university
• enroll: To put someone into a group; to register
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
• ace: Highest value card in a game of cards
• cramming: To add more to something that is already full
• sophomore: Someone in second year in high school or college
• psych: (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• brainstorming: To discuss concepts, ideas or solutions