Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• got to: To arrive at some place
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• on the deck: Situated on the flat surface or floor of a ship or boat.
• no accident: Not happening by chance; deliberate or intentional.
• once upon a time: A conventional phrase used to begin fairy tales and other stories.
• upon a time: An introductory phrase used to begin a story, typically a fairy tale.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• have to: Must do
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• from the outset: From the beginning of a process or event.
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• at least: As a minimum
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• extreme: Very great in degree
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• solitude: State of preferring to be alone
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• communist: Believer in communism
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• worship: Acts of respect and honor to God or a god
• monument: Something built to remember an event or person
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• redeem: To exchange (coupon/voucher) for merchandise, etc.
• surround: To be all the way around something
• stranger: Someone you do not know
• exile: State of being forced to leave your country
• utopia: Imagined perfect society
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• unpleasant: Causing a bad feeling in people
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• disperse: To separate and spread out in different directions
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• biologically: As regards life and living things
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• weak: Not having a strong character
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• wave: Movement of sound, air or energy
• morality: Beliefs or ideas about what is right and wrong
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• realization: Act of noticing something not noticed before
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• presidential: Concerning the president
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• forgive: To stop blaming someone for guilt, mistake
• trouble: To worry, bother or disturb someone
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• angst: Often worried or unhappy, especially about personal problems
• choreography: Art of designing and arranging dances
• creed: Set of beliefs/principles by which people live
• altruism: Selfless concern for the well-being of others
• titanic: Concerning great force or power
• passover: Jewish religious holiday