Vocabulary

• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• laid back
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• step out: To go outside for a short time
• slip into: To quickly put on (a piece of clothing).
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• feast: Religious celebration
• enlightenment: State of having a lot of knowledge and wisdom
• steep: Very expensive
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• century: Period of 100 years
• leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• peninsula: Narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake
• creative: Having the ability to make something new
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• toil: To do hard physical work for a long time
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• mythical: Based on beliefs unsupported by facts
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• fortress: Military buildings providing protection
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• mere: Just enough of something
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• scenery: Stage props during a play; a country view
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
• entrepreneurial: Open to new ideas about starting new businesses
• hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• adore: To love very much; to give honor to
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• perimeter: Outline or border; outer edge
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• elevate: To make something higher
• escalator: Moving electrical stairway in public buildings
• towel: Piece of cloth used for drying things
• nearby: Close to where you are
• coastline: Area of sea alongside the land in an area
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• bridge: Structure built over river, road so you can cross
• forget: To not remember something
• shellfish: Sea animals such as shrimps, lobsters, clams etc.
• ocean: Large body of salt water; a large sea
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• makeover: Act of completely redecorating or improving
• kimchi: Korean spicy cabbage dish
• love: Person's name
• lair: Place where wild animals or criminals can hide
• dong: Basic unit of money in Vietnam