Vocabulary

• brush up: To improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• off the cuff: Without preparation or advance thought; extemporaneously.
• jumping ship: The act of leaving a group or organization suddenly.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• english speaker: A person who speaks English.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• as many times: As frequently as desired or needed; without limit to the number of attempts or occurrences.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• make with: To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
• tone in: To adjust or harmonize one’s tone to match others.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• go with the flow: To accept and adapt to events without resistance.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• workload: Work you are expected to do in a specified time
• cuff: Fold or band at the end of a sleeve
• underline: To draw a line beneath a word or phrase