Vocabulary

• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• settle in: To become comfortable in a new place or situation.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• at least: As a minimum
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• have to: Must do
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• prepare yourself: To get yourself ready for something.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• job: Something that must be done
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• live: To be alive
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• finding: To become aware of something that is happening
• important: Having power or authority
• buy: To believe something; accept
• hotel: Place where people can stay when traveling
• spoken: To be able to use a certain language
• ready: Being likely or about to do something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• license: To give official permission to do something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• main: Most important; most often used
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• arrival: When someone or something gets to at a place
• translation: changing text from one language to another; the process of changing something into a different form
• translator: One who puts words from one language into another
• profession: Act of stating your beliefs or feelings openly
• hostel: Cheap hotel for young people
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• educational: Intended to teach or inform
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• origin: Point at which something begins or is created
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• official: Real, exact, truely felt
• dental: Concerning the teeth
• unsure: Lacking confidence or certainty
• adoption: Act of accepting and starting a new practice
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• settlement: Official agreement that ends an argument
• eligible: Being able to be chosen or selected; suitable
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• bilingual: Being able to speak two languages well
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• authorized: To officially or legally allow or give permission
• integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
• beware: To be careful, used in warning someone
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• checklist: List of tasks and things to be checked