Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• level out: To become flat or even; to make something flat or even.
• have to: Must do
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• evolve: To develop certain features
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• atmosphere: Air around us
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• century: Period of 100 years
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• deep: Complex and important
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• clam: Kind of shellfish
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• pawn: Person used to advance the purposes of another
• boomer: Member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
• savannah: Flat grassland of tropical or subtropical regions
• pa: Father