Vocabulary

• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• set down
• for all that: Despite that; even though.
• in the flesh: In person; physically present.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• rely upon: To depend on someone or something; to trust or have confidence in.
• let down
• ache for: To long for something or someone; to feel a strong desire or yearning.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• turn on
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• slightly: Only a little
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• strike: To hit something
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• solitude: State of preferring to be alone
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• vicinity: Surrounding or nearby region; proximity
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• literacy: Fact of having knowledge of a particular subject
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• pervasive: Occurring or existing throughout all the parts
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• fascination: Quality that attracts attention
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• autobiography: Book written by a person about his or her own life
• infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• burn: To destroy with fire
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• indictment: Charge of committing a crime
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• long: Person's name
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• harbour: Area of water protected by land and used by ships