Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have to: Must do
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• tell apart: To be able to see the difference between two things or people that are very similar.
• to the full: Completely; to the greatest extent possible.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• such as: For example; like
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• get at: To criticize someone, often personally
• at least: As a minimum
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• in a word: Briefly; in short.
• third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
• in writing: Expressed or presented in written form, rather than spoken.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• read: Person's name
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• writing: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• speaker: Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• main: Most important; most often used
• guessing: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• pronounced: To state something in a legal or official way
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• possessive: Wanting someone's complete attention, love
• connected: To associate a thing with something else
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• stressed: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• understanding: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• seldom: Not often; almost never; rarely
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• transcription: Something written from spoken material
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• audio: Concerning sound
• phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
• modal: Verb like 'may' or 'can', showing a verb's mood
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• diphthong: Union of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, e.g. the sounds , ai; ai, in pipe , paip; paip, , the letters ou in doubt, pipe , paip; paip, , ai; ai, ; doubtou
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction