Vocabulary

• stand between: To place oneself in the middle to prevent conflict or harm.
• lie down: To put your body in a flat position, as to sleep
• write down: To record in writing
• work out
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• lay down the law: To assert authority by making strict rules or orders.
• such as: For example; like
• check out
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• plural: Being more than one person or thing
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• tick: To function properly or normally
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
• preposition: Word such as 'at' 'on' etc. showing position/time
• audio: Concerning sound
• subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• possessive: Wanting someone's complete attention, love
• apostrophe: Punctuation mark (') showing possession
• grammatically: Correctly; as expected in correct grammar
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
• countable: (Of nouns) that can exist in the plural