Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• got to: To arrive at some place
• make up: To invent or create a story
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in disguise: Having altered one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• bank up: To accumulate or pile up, often referring to snow, soil, or other loose material.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• fill out: To become fatter
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• of theirs: Belonging to them; their possession or property.
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• option: A choice
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• assertive: Being confident and sure of yourself
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• performance: Act of doing something
• gender: State of being male or female
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• subordinate: Grammar (of a clause) dependent on the main clause
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• important: Having power or authority
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• person: Man, woman or child
• vantage: (usually vantage point) A place or position affording a good view of something
• lit: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• neurotic: Worrying in an unhealthy, unreasonable way
• ferocious: Very fierce or intense
• beam: To send out information, signals, or light
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• pant: Short, loud breath, taken with the mouth open
• forehead: Area of the face above the eyes
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• insensitive: Not responsive to physical touch
• condemnation: Expression of strong disapproval
• warranty: Promise to repair a product that was purchased
• tapestry: Ornamental woven cloths made into a picture/scene
• dehydrate: To cause (skin, body) to lose water that is needed
• unnoticed: Without being seen or noticed
• exhilarate: To cause someone to feel very happy and excited
• salesperson: Person employed to sell a company's products
• mama: A mother