Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• next to: Being located along side another
• come before: To happen or exist earlier in time than something else.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• left out: To forget; omit
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• often used to: Frequently employed or utilized for a specific purpose or action.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• in waves: Occurring in large, flowing bursts or groups.
• in the wind: Something likely to happen or be revealed soon.
• apartment building: A building with many apartments or flats
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• section: A part of a whole
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• leave: To go away from; depart
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• important: Having power or authority
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• bend: To become curved or no longer straight
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• fortunate: Having good luck
• whimsical: Quaintly humorous; funny in an odd way
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• land: Region or country
• quaint: Appealing and attractive in an outdated way
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• antique: (Of objects) old and valuable
• lush: Someone who is often drunk
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• wreckage: Remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
• speechless: Temporarily unable to speak, as through shock
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• cobblestone: Stone set in the ground to make a permanent road
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock