Vocabulary

• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• bounce around: To move in an energetic and lively manner; to jump or spring about.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• on the market: Available for sale.
• basic working knowledge: A fundamental understanding and practical skill in a particular area.
• at least: As a minimum
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• going on: To continue doing something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• hit the books: To study very hard.
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• repetition: When something occurs again
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• fluent: Doing something well and with ease
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• plateau: Flat land that is higher than the land around it
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• dialect: Way of speaking used by a group or in a region
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• master: To gain control over something
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• consolidate: To combine into one; make bigger or stronger
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• hesitation: Indecision or unwillingness to do something
• steep: Very expensive
• paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
• intuitively: In a manner based on feelings rather than facts
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• audio: Concerning sound
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• daily: Happening every day
• alternate: To follow one thing after another repeatedly
• fluently: In an able and easy manner
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• forest: Large area with many trees
• training: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
• enrich: To make someone or something better
• complacency: Self-satisfaction, without being aware of problems
• transcription: Something written from spoken material
• latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages