Vocabulary

• turn into: To change to become something else
• ivory towers: A place or situation that is separated from the concerns of ordinary people; an impractical, unrealistic, or overly intellectual environment.
• have to: Must do
• work out
• play it safe: To avoid risks; to be cautious.
• roll over: To make a payment later than planned
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• curriculum: Group of related courses in a school or college
• caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• point: An item to be discussed
• reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• phony: Not genuine; fake
• conform: To agree or be compatible with something else
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• ivory: Hard cream-colored substance forming tusks
• magician: Someone who performs magic tricks
• nah: Way of saying 'No'
• lt: Short for 'lieutenant'