Vocabulary

• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• step into: To enter a place or situation.
• gone with the wind: Completely lost or vanished without a trace.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• in little: To a small extent; insignificantly.
• stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
• cool off: To become cooler.
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• sitting pretty: In a very favorable or advantageous situation.
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
• eternal: Endless; constant; never ending
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• synonymous: Having the same meaning as another word
• terminal: End part of some structure or concept
• ceiling: Top part of a room above your head
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• gown: Long loose clothing worn over other clothes
• headquarters: Main offices; administrative buildings or centers
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• vintage: Old and somewhat treasured
• bang: To strike something loudly or forcefully
• gracious: Characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, luxury
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• canopy: Structure that hangs over something to shelter it
• metropolitan: Concerning a very large city
• racial: Of or relating to race
• burn: To destroy with fire
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• awhile: For a while; for a short time
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• plantation: A large area of plants, usually in a hot climate
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
• granite: Type of very hard stone used in buildings
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• circumference: Length around an outer boundary, e.g. a circle
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• hour: 60 minutes
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• birthplace: Place where someone was born
• belle: Young woman noted for being pretty and graceful
• saltwater: Water containing salts such as the ocean
• baptist: Member of a Christian church using baptism
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine