Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• clear up: To tidy things away, e.g. dirty dishes after meal
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• fit into: To be small enough to go inside something.
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• amount: Quantity of something
• silly: Careless
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• intricate: Very detailed or difficult to untangle
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• gender: State of being male or female
• couple: To join something to something else
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• vaguely: In a vague way; not fully
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• dialect: Way of speaking used by a group or in a region
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
• apron: Clothing to keep clothes clean when cooking
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• ludicrous: Very foolish; ridiculous
• grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• linguist: Person who speaks several languages
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• marker: Something that is easy to recognize or identify
• neuter: Neither masculine nor feminine in gender