Vocabulary

• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• write down: To record in writing
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• reduce to: To simplify or condense something.
• word up: An expression of agreement or acknowledgement.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• very much so: To a great extent; indeed
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• pizza: Round Italian food with cheese cooked in an oven
• tonight: Night following this day
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• stop: To block or close something
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• important: Having power or authority
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• evening: To make something level; to flatten
• hop: Dance party
• meeting: To provide something that is necessary
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• quieter: Making less sound
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• noticing: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• louder: Making a larger sound
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• dropping: To drive someone to a place and then drive away
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• schwa: A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
• 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
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• audio: Concerning sound