Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• ask for permission: To request authorization or consent to do something.
• have to: Must do
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• in that order: Following the sequence or arrangement previously mentioned or understood.
• must learn: Expressing a strong obligation or necessity to acquire knowledge or a skill.
• make a promise: To give someone your word that you will do something.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• deal with
• at midnight: At twelve o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• option: A choice
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• logical: Sensible; reasonable
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• leave: To go away from; depart
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• affirmative: Saying 'yes'; confirming; agreeing to
• condense: To remove water from to make it thicker
• auxiliary: Helping or supporting a function or group
• modal: Verb like 'may' or 'can', showing a verb's mood
• apostrophe: Punctuation mark (') showing possession
• confirmation: Approval or check of something
• upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
• prohibition: Law forbidding the sale of alcohol, etc.
• midnight: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• homework: Work that a student is given to do at home