Vocabulary

• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• have to: Must do
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• aside from
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• check out
• best of both worlds: A situation combining two desirable but usually separate features.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• game on: An exclamation indicating the start of a game or activity.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• strike: To hit something
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• express: To send something by fast mail
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• fully: Completely or entirely
• fuss: Act of being excited in a complaining manner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• caution: Quality of being cautious; avoiding risk, danger
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• folder: Container that holds documents
• limited: (Of a company) with a limit of financial liability
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
• buff: Person who knows a great deal about a topic
• polished: To make something smooth and shiny by rubbing it
• relive: To remember a past time or event
• lone: Being alone or the only one; single
• copyright: Legal right to own and distribute a creative work
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• mod: Person who wears modern clothes
• mb: Unit of information equal to 1,000,000 bits