Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in writing: Expressed or presented in written form, rather than spoken.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• have to: Must do
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• correctly: In an accurate or correct manner
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• come: To arrive at a place
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• grammatically: Correctly; as expected in correct grammar
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• butter: Yellow substance made of cream, spread on bread
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter