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Touchstone 3 - Unit 6 Words and Expressions
Managing life, future: plans, facts, predictions, and schedules
- aerobics - an active exercise program done to music, often in a class
- appointment - an arrangement to have a meeting or be somewhere at a specific time; the selection of somebody for a position, office, or job
- colleague - a person somebody works with, especially in a professional or skilled job
- decision - something that somebody chooses or makes up his or her mind about, after considering it and other possible choices; a win in a boxing match
- effort - an attempt to do something, especially one that involves a considerable amount of exertion, work, or determination; mental or physical energy that is exerted in order to achieve a purpose
- excuse - a reason or explanation, not necessarily true, given in order to make something appear more acceptable or less offensive; to release somebody from blame or criticism for a mistake or wrongdoing; to release somebody from an obligation or responsibility
- ignore - to refuse to notice or pay attention to somebody or something
- impression - a lasting effect, opinion, or mental image of somebody or something; a pattern, design, or mark made by something hard being pressed onto something softer
- mistake - an incorrect, unwise, or unfortunate act or decision caused by bad judgment or a lack of information or care
- project - a task or planned program of work that requires a large amount of time, effort, and planning to complete; to jut out beyond or farther than something, or make something jut out beyond or farther than something; to estimate something by extrapolating data; to communicate something effectively
- ought to - indicates that somebody has a duty or obligation to do something or that it is morally right to do something; also probability or expectation
- quickly - moving swiftly
- rather - to some extent or degree; to a great extent or degree; more readily or willingly; in contrast or opposition to what has been claimed or expected
- research - methodical investigation into a subject in order to discover facts, to establish or revise a theory, or to develop a plan of action based on the facts discovered
- reservation - an advance booking, e.g. of a seat, hotel room, or ticket; an area of land set aside for a special purpose, especially in North America for the use of a Native North American people; the act of withholding something, or an instance of so doing
- schedule - an outline description of the things somebody is to do and the times at which they are to be done
- volunteer - somebody who works without being paid; to tell somebody something or give information without being asked; a crop that is the second crop or growth of grass in the same season, after the first harvest or mowing