Vocabulary
Emotions and Feelings
- Thankful: grateful for something
- Grief-stricken: deeply sad or sorrowful
- Left out: being left alone
- Hopeful: to trust that something is going to happen
- Trapped: stuck
- Rebellious: someone who doesn't follow rules
- Puzzled: surprised
- Impressed: to be amazed because of something
- Discouraged: out of motivation
- Down and blue: sad
- Affectionate: someone who displays their emotions
- Shame: a feeling of guilt, regret, or sadness that you have because you know you have done something wrong
- Generous: freely giving or sharing money and other valuable things
- Bragged: a pompous or boastful statement
- Dreading: to be reluctant to do, meet, or experience.
- Coward: become frightened and be scared about doing something
- Mild: gentle in nature or behaviour
- Frustrated: to feel angry, discouraged, or upset because of not being able to do something
- Panic: become scared about something
- Bitter: resentful or cynical
- Homesick: melancholy you experience when you’re away from home and family for a long period of time
Expressions with “Thing”
- (It's) a good thing: (It's lucky)
- A single thing: used in negative sentences equals to “nothing”.
- Among other things: expression used when you are giving examples
- No such thing: used to say that something doesn't exist
- The main thing: the most important thing
- The thing is: the important fact or question is; the problem is
- The whole thing: everything that has been planned or discussed
Expressions with “Take”
- To take for granted: to think that something is yours by right and will always be; to value someone or something too lightly.
E.g. He takes his brothers for granted, and doesn't treat them well. - To take it easy: to do things calmly.
E.g. Take it easy, it's only a test. - To take into account: to take into consideration, to consider something to be an important factor in some decision.
E.g. We must take his illness into account when assessing his work. - To take the opportunity: when given a chance or opportunity, to use or take advantage of it.
E.g. When they told me I could study abroad, I took the opportunity to travel to France.
Society and Culture
- Civilisation: the culture and the way of life of a society at a particular time
- Kingdom: country ruled by a king or a queen
- Century: period of 100 years
- Myth: very old story which is probably not true
- Tribe: group of people living together usually far from cities
- Decade: period of ten years
- Citizen: person who has the right to live in a country
- Inhabitant: person who lives in a particular place
- Launch: make a new product or service available
- Ancestor: relative who lived a long time ago
