Vocabulary

• on the basis of: Because of; using as a reason or justification.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• make up: To invent or create a story
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in truth: In fact; actually; really
• on a set: Located or working at a filming location.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• on contact: Happening immediately upon touching or meeting.
• hail from: To have been born or originate in a particular place.
• at ease
• over the hill: Considered to be too old to perform effectively.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• look beyond: To consider the future and what might happen.
• might well: Used to indicate a good possibility or likelihood.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• malleable: Easily changed into a new shape (or attitude)
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• hazard: Something that is dangerous and causes problems
• mingle: To mix or come into contact, as people at a party
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
• person: Man, woman or child
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• buoyant: Capable of floating in a liquid
• cling: To be dependent on
• nuisance: A troublesome or annoying person or thing
• immutable: Not capable of or susceptible to change
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• cornerstone: Stone at the outer corner of two joining walls
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• live: To be alive
• cosmopolitan: Sophisticated and knowledgeable about many things
• insurmountable: (Of difficulties) impossible to deal with
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• revere: To give someone great respect and loyalty
• infuse: To soak tea, etc. in hot water, oil etc.
• aura: Distinctive feeling or mood coming from a person
• beautiful: Having dome something well
• goodwill: An attitude of kindness or helpfulness
• learnt: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• playwright: Person who writes plays
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• greece: A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil
• rome: Leadership of the Roman Catholic Church