Vocabulary

• circumstance: Condition or fact that affects a situation
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
• politician: Someone whose job is in politics
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• restriction: Law or rule that controls or limits something
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• purse: Small bag for carrying money and other things
• reception: Front desk area of an organization or building
• receipt: Act of receiving something
• leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• mineral: Substance naturally formed in the ground
• cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• fetch: To go and get something and bring it back
• cushion: Soft object to make a seat more comfortable
• cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
• accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
• biscuit: A cookie
• insect: A small animal with 6 legs, such as a bee or ant
• kettle: Metal container with spout used for boiling water
• allowance: Money that is given to someone regularly
• negotiation: A formal discussion to reach an agreement
• collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
• approximate: About; not exact but close
• congratulation: Wishes someone the best because of their success
• behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
• sock: Covering for your feet, worn under shoes
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• labour: Physical process by which a baby is born
• prosecution: Lawyers acting to prove a defendant guilty
• marvellous: Extraordinarily good or great
• chap: To cause the skin, lips to roughen or crack
• clock: A device that shows the time
• granny: Grandmother
• mummy: Mother
• motorway: Broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• metre: Unit of length equal to 100 cm or about 39 inches
• kilometre: A metric unit of length equal to 1000 metres
• freeway: Highway that can be used without paying a toll
• handbag: Personal bag for money, phone etc.
• cooker: Piece of kitchen equipment with oven burners etc.