Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• fall on deaf ears: To be ignored or disregarded by those addressed.
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• time off work: A period when you are not working; absence from work.
• start over: To begin again.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in use: Being used at the present time.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• see through: To realize the truth about
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• plan out: To think about and decide on the details of something you want to do in the future.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• superior: Better; higher quality
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• fluency: Ability to do something well and with ease
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• couple: To join something to something else
• frequently: Often; regularly
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• click: To work well with someone or something
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• leave: To go away from; depart
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• important: Having power or authority
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• deaf: Not able to hear; hard of hearing
• telescope: Tube-shaped device used to see a great distance
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• admiral: A person with a high rank in a navy