Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• without further ado: Without unnecessary delay or introduction; immediately.
• stick together: To support each other; remain united.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• woman: Adult female human being
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• pencil: Something you draw pictures with, or write with
• enjoyed: To take pleasure in something
• long: Person's name
• student: Person studying at school
• page: Person's name
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• anymore: No longer; no more
• jump: To attack someone suddenly
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• add: To include as well
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• waved: To cause to move side to side or back and forth
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• successfully: In a manner that achieves a goal
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• hanging: Suspended in the air
• semicolon: The symbol (;) separating parts of a sentence
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• mathematical: Concerning numbers and equations
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• valid: Being in effect or in force, often legally
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• dependent: Someone who relies on (financial) support
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
• inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
• biased: To unfairly favor one view over another
• poorly: Badly; not enough; not sufficient
• sole: The part of your foot which touches the ground
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• simplistic: Being too simply expressed or explained