Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• high class: Of superior quality or social standing; luxurious or sophisticated.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in a hurry: Acting or moving with great haste; rushed.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• silly: Careless
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• distinction: Special quality that makes something different
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• important: Having power or authority
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• own: To have something as your property
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• oral: Concerning the mouth
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• tutor: A teacher who deals with students personally
• oppose: To fight against someone in a contest or game
• preliminary: Happening or necessary before a thing happens
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• duke: Title given to a man below the rank of prince
• kicker: Player who kicks the football
• elision: Omission of a sound between two words