Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• quick look: A brief or cursory inspection or examination.
• a passion for: A strong enthusiasm or interest in something.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• look back: To think about past events
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
• at least: As a minimum
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• at a glance: Immediately; instantly upon looking.
• get the picture: To understand a situation or idea.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• bring back: To cause to remember
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• off the bat: Immediately; without delay.
• right off the bat: Immediately; from the very beginning or start.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• not necessary: Not required; not needed.
• for instance: As an example.
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• address: Exact street location of a place
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• logical: Sensible; reasonable
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• piece: A counter in a board game
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• outline: Line around the outer edge of something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• modify: To make minor change to something
• fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• fictional: Including people and events that are not real
• synonym: Word that has the same meaning as another word
• syntax: Study of the way words are organized in a sentence
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
• favour: What someone asks of you; helpful act; a kindness
• history: Established pattern or record
• comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
• haircut: Act of cutting the hair; way the hair is cut
• cellphone: Phone you can take with you everywhere
• omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet