Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in a word: Briefly; in short.
• leave out: To forget; omit
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• tip up: To (cause to) turn so that one end is higher than the other; overturn.
• left out: To forget; omit
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• phonetic transcription: A visual representation of speech sounds using phonetic symbols.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• option: A choice
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• important: Having power or authority
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• leave: To go away from; depart
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• flare: To become angry or excited suddenly
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
• vibration: Shaking motion
• flake: Thin and very small piece of something
• transcription: Something written from spoken material