Vocabulary

• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• as follows: Used to introduce a list or explanation.
• have to: Must do
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
• bank on: To rely on someone or something
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• information technology: The study or use of systems (especially computers and telecommunications) for storing, retrieving, and sending information.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• no shame: Without a sense of embarrassment or guilt.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• fluent: Doing something well and with ease
• express: To send something by fast mail
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• address: Exact street location of a place
• grasp: Person's control over something
• immensely: Very much; greatly; a lot
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• leave: To go away from; depart
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• plate: Flat dish used for eating or serving food
• supper: Evening meal, often when informal
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• flea: Small blood-sucking insect that makes you itch
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• pottery: Factory where pots/bowls are made from clay
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• correspondence: Quality of similarity or equality
• puncture: To make hole letting air out in tire/balloon, etc.
• multinational: Involving many countries
• rye: Type of grain used to make flour for certain bread
• turnover: the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced by new people
• visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
• jog: To run at a steady, slow pace
• passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• surname: Your family name
• globalization: International spread of something, e.g. company
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off