Vocabulary

• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• wrap up: To complete something, such as a film or project
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• check out
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• generic: Concerning a product without a brand name
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• respond: To answer something or someone
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• resource: Something that can be used profitably; asset
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• confirmation: Approval or check of something
• err: To make a mistake
• unreleased: Not (yet) made available for distribution