accomplished (at writing)

advent (time before something was common)

allegory (story with moral lesson)

as far as sth goes (work is satisfactory to a certain degree)

banter

block out a memory

build followers

caught up in the past (so involved in past that you don’t notice other things)

character study

charismatic

chart (record information to see how it develops/changes over time, verb)

commit sth to memory

conceptual (showing an idea instead of thing, conceptual artist)

current

cutting-edge (advantage over other people/things)

designated (chosen for particular job/purpose)

doodle (noun)

engaged (with) (getting involved to understand something)

episode

erase

exclusively

facilitate (to make something happen easily)

flashback

flawed

flush (sth away)

freak (sb) out

full-on (extreme, something can be full-on)

fundamental (very necessary and important)

get into sth (enjoy/be interested in sth)

gush (liquid flows quickly in big quantities)

hang around with

have a selective memory

impartial (not involved → can’t give fair opinion/advice)

infuriated

inspirational

jog someone’s memory (to make someone remember something)

make stuff up

manipulate (not only emotionally, also e.g. lab results)

marked improvement (very obvious, he was impressed by the marked improvement)

memorise

mind-blowing

modify (small change to make sth more effective/efficient)

mundane

on a positive note

operate (as) (to have a particular purpose, sunscreen operates as a filter for the sun)

overall (considering/including everything)

partial-ly (not complete, partial eclipse)

pave the way (for sth) (to create the right conditions so you can do something in the future)

play a vital role (in sth)

provocative

pure

invention

quit

raise awareness

read up on (sth)

realise

realm (general area of knowledge, thought or activity, it’s within the realms of possibility that…)

reassuring

recall

recognise

remember

remind

ripple effect (action causes another action, causes another action etc.)

run into trouble

scamper (run with quick short steps, child and small animal for example)

scrapbook

sequence (one part of a story/film that deals with a single subject or action)

showcase (verb)

slippery path (process/habit that’s difficult to stop)

stick to sth

substantial (large in amount/number, substantial increase in salary)

take liberties with (make unreasonal changes to something)

therapeutic

trigger a memory

unnerving (making someone feel uncomfortable, adjective)

witty (using words in a clever/amusing way)

word for word (in exactly the same words)

a faint chance (that)

a soft touch (someone who is too kind or easy to deceive)

accumulate

acquire

ahead of the game

aptitude (for) (natural ability or skill)

breakthrough

bring in (to hire someone from outside to solve something)

budding (a starter who will make it in the future)

bulk (main/largest part of something)

buy into (accepting an idea and letting it influence you)

buyout

check sth out

chuck out

clutter up

cocooned

collect (as in postcards or stones)

come in for (to be criticized or blamed for sth) (the director has come in for a lot of criticism)

consume

cover up

crackdown (action that is taken to deal more strictly with crime, a problem, protests, etc.)

cutbacks

defining

diagnosis

dodgy

dole out (giving out sth for more than 1 person)

downturn (a period/process in which business activity, production, etc. is reduced and conditions become worse)

downward spiral

drawback (disadvantage to sth)

easy prey (for)

eat up (to use sth a lot or until it’s gone)

embark upon (to start sth new/exciting)

emote

fallout (the, unexpected, results of a particular event)

feedback

flip

flooded (with)

full-blown

generate

get the hang of

give a heads up

glass ceiling (sth that prevents particular groups from getting high-level jobs, even though there are no actual laws or rules to stop them)

go without

hang onto (keep sth)

hard sell (selling sth by pressuring someone)

hoard

hold up (situation that stops sth from progressing)

hot property (someone or sth very popular or valuable)

immersive (making you feel you are really taking part in the events you are seeing on a screen or hearing about, or are really in a virtual environment)

initial

insatiable desire (for) (always wanting more)

intake (amt of people who join sth at a perticular time)

knock-down price (cheap)

living proof

mind-blowing

mine

offspring (animal’s baby)

outcome

outlay (costs to start a business)

outset (beginning of event/process)

part with our money (unvoluntarily give money)

pass up an opportunity

pocket (obtaining money in a not fair way (getting money to buy sth and keeping change)

pulse (as in heart)

push the right buttons (to get what you want)

sentimental value

set the bar

setback

spare cash

splash out (on) (spend a lot of money on sth)

spouse

stumble (hit foot or almost fall)

takeover

the rumour’s going round that

the time is ripe

tick a box

turnover (amt of business done in particular period of time)

unparalleled (bigger, better or worse than anything else, e.g. someones influence on sth)

upbringing

utopian (imaginary world where everyone is happy)

watch your money

workout