Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in a flash: Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• look the other way: To deliberately ignore something wrong or bad that happens.
• in the presence of: While someone or something else is present.
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• slightly: Only a little
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• spot: A certain place or area
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• shift: To change in position or direction
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• convey: To carry or transport something
• rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
• contempt: Extreme lack of respect; strong disapproval
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• deception: Use of trickery to make someone believe an untruth
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• chronological: Placed in order of time, usually of events
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• point: An item to be discussed
• fidget: to make continuous, small movements because you are nervous or bored
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• person: Man, woman or child
• deceptive: Causing someone to believe what is not true
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
• crow: Large black bird