Vocabulary: Fame
Phrasal Verbs & Related Terms
- Break into - Enter forcibly; successfully enter a new field or market.
- Eat out - Dine at a restaurant.
- Take off - Remove (clothing); become successful quickly; depart (airplane).
- Take up - Begin (a hobby, activity); occupy (space, time).
- Turn down - Refuse an offer; reduce volume or intensity.
Nouns & Concepts
- Audition - A performance to test suitability for a role.
- Celebrity - A famous person.
- Downside - The negative aspect.
- Fortune - Wealth; luck.
- Queue - A line of people waiting.
- Role model - A person admired and imitated by others.
- Stage - The platform where performances occur.
- Star - A very famous performer; a celestial body.
- Trend - A current fashion or general direction.
- Wannabe - Someone aspiring to be famous or successful (often used informally).
Verbs
- Accept - Agree to receive or undertake.
- Advise - Offer suggestions or recommendations.
- Agree - Have the same opinion; consent.
- Apologize (for) - Express regret for wrongdoing.
- Beg - Ask someone earnestly or humbly.
- Declare - Announce officially or formally.
- Explain - Make something clear by describing it in more detail.
- Insist - Demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal.
- Invite - Ask someone to go somewhere or do something.
- Offer - Present or propose something for acceptance or rejection.
- Pose - Assume a particular stance for a photograph or painting.
- Suggest - Put forward for consideration.
- Tell - Communicate information; narrate a story.
Adjectives & Compound Terms
- Dark-haired - Having dark hair.
- Easy-going - Relaxed and tolerant in attitude or manner.
- First class - Of the best quality or highest standard.
- Good-looking - Physically attractive.
- Well-dressed - Wearing smart or elegant clothes.
More Phrasal Verbs
- Make up - Reconcile after an argument; invent a story; apply cosmetics.
- Take on - Accept (a task or responsibility); hire an employee; compete against.
Vocabulary: Work
Job Roles & Concepts
- Application - A formal request, often for a job.
- Boss - A person in charge of a worker or organization.
- Personal care assistant - Someone who provides health support in the home.
- Cash - Money in coins or notes.
- Caterer - A person or company providing food and drink services.
- High-flyer - An ambitious and successful person in their profession.
- Licence / License - An official document giving permission to do, use, or own something.
- Skyscraper - A very tall building.
- Stunt performer - A specialist who performs dangerous feats, especially for films.
- Technician - A worker skilled in a particular technical field.
Verbs
- Apply (for) - Make a formal request for something (e.g., a job).
- Qualify - Become officially recognized as competent or eligible for something.
- Train - Teach a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction.
Adjectives Describing People
- Caring - Displaying kindness and concern for others.
- Cooperative - Involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal.
- Energetic - Showing or involving great activity or vitality.
- Flexible - Able to change or adapt easily.
- Hard-working - Tending to work with energy and commitment; diligent.
- Imaginative - Having or showing creativity or inventiveness.
- Reliable - Consistently good in quality or performance; dependable.
- Sociable - Willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; friendly.
Prefixes & Word Formation
- Misbehave - Fail to behave correctly or acceptably.
- Mishear - Fail to hear correctly.
- Misunderstand - Fail to understand correctly.
- Non-fiction - Prose writing based on facts, real events, and real people.
- Non-smoking - Where smoking is not permitted.
- Non-stop - Continuing without stopping.
- Overcharge - Charge someone too high a price.
- Oversleep - Sleep longer than intended.
- Overwork - Work too hard.
- Undercharge - Charge someone too low a price.
- Underestimate - Estimate something to be smaller or less important than it really is.
- Underpay - Pay someone too little.
- Reapply - Apply again.
- Redo - Do something again.
- Rewrite - Write something again, differently.
Phrasal Verbs
- Catch up with - Reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else.
- Fill in - Complete a form or document.
- Give out - Distribute or issue something.
- Go over - Review or examine something.
- Go through - Undergo (a difficult period); examine carefully.
- Hand in - Submit work (e.g., homework, a report).
- Pick up - Learn a new skill or start a habit casually; collect something.
