Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• back then: At that time in the past.
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• at least: As a minimum
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• clock: A device that shows the time
• wall: High, flat side of a room or building
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• leave: To go away from; depart
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• quarter: 25 cents
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• important: Having power or authority
• unknown: Not being known or famous
• cup: Small round container used for drinking
• art: Creative skill using the imagination e.g. painting
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• photography: Art of taking pictures with a camera
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• detailed: Developed or made with great care
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• medicine: Something used in treating illness or pain
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• wood: Person's name
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• accurately: Exactly and without any mistakes; correctly
• skill: Ability to do something well
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• trusty: Worthy of trust or belief
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• absent: Not present at a usual or expected place
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• sculpture: Work of art made by cutting stone, wood, clay etc.
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• translate: To change something into a different state
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• observable: Being able to be seen, noticed, or sensed
• readily: In a quick and easy manner
• partial: Giving better treatment to one person than another
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• decorative: Being attractive but not necessarily useful
• chimney: Part of a building through which smoke escapes
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• analytical: Thinking in a detailed and intelligent manner
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• fireplace: Open area in a wall where a fire can be built
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• formulate: To make and develop a set of rules or ideas
• miniature: Small model of something larger
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• articulate: To express something clearly using language
• acuity: Sharpness of vision
• cop: Slang for police officer
• numerous: Existing in large numbers