Important Vocabulary to Improve your English-3

freelance
Someone who does freelance work or who is, for example, a freelance journalist or photographer is not employed by one organization, but is paid for each piece of work they do by the organization they do it for.
Freelance is also an adverb.

A freelance is the same as a freelancer.

If you freelance, you do freelance work.


forum
A forum is a place, situation, or group in which people exchange ideas and discuss issues, especially important public issues.


typography
Typography is the way in which written material is arranged and prepared for printing.


render
You can use render with an adjective that describes a particular state to say that someone or something is changed into that state. For example, if someone or something makes a thing harmless, you can say that they render it harmless.
= make
If you render someone help or service, you help them.

To render something in a particular language or in a particular way means to translate it into that language or in that way.


terrain
Terrain is used to refer to an area of land or a type of land when you are considering its physical features.


pratfall
If someone takes a pratfall, they make an embarrassing mistake.
A pratfall is a fall onto your bottom.


drab
If you describe something as drab, you think that it is dull and boring to look at or experience.
= dreary


spirit
Your spirit is the part of you that is not physical and that consists of your character and feelings.

A person's spirit is the non-physical part of them that is believed to remain alive after their death.
= soul
A spirit is a ghost or supernatural being.

Spirit is the courage and determination that helps people to survive in difficult times and to keep their way of life and their beliefs.

Spirit is the liveliness and energy that someone shows in what they do.

The spirit in which you do something is the attitude you have when you are doing it.

A particular kind of spirit is the feeling of loyalty to a group that is shared by the people who belong to the group.

A particular kind of spirit is the set of ideas, beliefs, and aims that are held by a group of people.

The spirit of something such as a law or an agreement is the way that it was intended to be interpreted or applied.

You can refer to a person as a particular kind of spirit if they show a certain characteristic or if they show a lot of enthusiasm in what they are doing.

Your spirits are your feelings at a particular time, especially feelings of happiness or unhappiness.

prep/adv
If someone or something is spirited away, or if they are spirited out of somewhere, they are taken from a place quickly and secretly without anyone noticing.

Spirits are strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky and gin.

Spirit or spirits is an alcoholic liquid that is used as a fuel, for cleaning things, or for other purposes. There are many kinds of spirit.

see also methylated spirits, surgical spirit

revenue
Revenue is money that a company, organization, or government receives from people.