Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• go on: To continue doing something
• at arm's length: At a distance that can be reached by extending the arm.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• away from home: Not at one's residence; at a distance from one's home.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• start over: To begin again.
• stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
• teach: To help someone learn or do something
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• teaching: To help someone learn or do something
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• close: Almost; near
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• person: Man, woman or child
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• madden: Person's name
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• diploma: Document certifying graduation
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• low: Having a small quantity, supply, or amount
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• level: Specific height of something
• busy: Working hard doing something; full of activity
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• foreigner: Person who is from a different place or country
• sex: State of being male or female
• qualify: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• arrival: When someone or something gets to at a place
• monthly: Occurring about once every 4 weeks
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• public: Owned by the government
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• require: To demand that someone does something
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
• terminal: End part of some structure or concept
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
• companionship: Good feeling from being with someone else
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• utter: To make a particular sound; speak
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• obnoxious: Annoying or rude; offensive
• anime: A form of Japanese animation
• mandatory: Absolutely required; not optional
• genitalia: External sex organ
• incidence: The rate that something happens
• discard: To take a card out of your hand in a card game
• sumo: Japanese form of wrestling
• apathy: Feeling of indifference; not caring about anything
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• retard: To cause to move or proceed slowly
• graffiti: Writings and drawings on walls, often rude, funny