Vocabulary

• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• cash in: To sell asset to get money back
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
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• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• evolve: To develop certain features
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• narrative: The telling of a story
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• revelation: Act of making something known or seen
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• tale: Story that is not true
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• conceive: To become pregnant
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• clumsy: Moving or doing things awkwardly
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
• protagonist: Main character in a story
• philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• sequel: Story, movie etc. that follows another similar one
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• sidekick: Person often with another more important person
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• unconventional: Not acting according to normal accepted rules
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• mount: To attach something to something else
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• ponder: To think about something with great care
• lofty: Having high goals
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• pierce: Person's name
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• satire: Written criticism made in a funny way
• church: Building where Christians gather and pray to God
• knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
• chivalry: Noble qualities of knights, e.g. protecting women
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• duo: Two (e.g. of living or people)
• playwright: Person who writes plays
• enslave: To make someone live like a slave
• sinful: (Acts that) break a religious law
• countenance: Expression of the face
• squire: Gentleman landowner in Britain in former times
• seventeenth: 17th
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