Vocabulary

• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• play games: To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
• hook it up: To connect a piece of equipment to a power supply or to another piece of equipment
• on the go: Very busy and active.
• check out
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• slightly: Only a little
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• console: To make someone feel better in times of distress
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• portable: Light enough to be moved around with ease
• tactile: Concerning touch; enjoys touching
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• quirk: Strange aspect (of nature); strange habit
• own: To have something as your property
• censor: To remove inappropriate material from books, films
• verge: Brink or threshold
• great: Very good; better than before
• slot: A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
• pad: Object that is thin, flat, and usually soft
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• ambient: Of or in the surrounding area or air
• wireless: Needing no wires to make something operate
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• compress: To press tightly together
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• sideways: Moving, facing, or directed toward one side
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• headphone: Device put over the ears to listen to recordings
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• lite: Low-fat or low-sugar version of the original food
• directional: Concerning or indicating directions in space