Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
• from on high: Coming from an authority or higher power.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in the red: Operating at a loss; in debt.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• couple: To join something to something else
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• valid: Being in effect or in force, often legally
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• gist: Main points of something
• gel: Thick substance, similar to jelly
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• scuba: Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• lexical: About words
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• gin: Strong colorless alcohol made from grain
• interchange: Exchange of something, e.g. ideas or information
• git: Stupid or useless person