Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• for your information: Used to introduce a piece of information, often when disagreeing or correcting someone.
• talk into: To persuade someone to do something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• couple: To join something to something else
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• participle: Nonfinite form of the verb, e.g. -ing or -ed forms
• conjugate: (Of leaves) having only one pair of leaflets