Unit 2

2. having retired from work
4. to become involved with and try to understand sth/sb
5. rude and badly behaved because they are given everything they ask for and not enough discipline
6. a thing that you buy and/or keep to remind yourself of a place, an occasion or a holiday/vacation; something that you bring back for other people when you have been on holiday/vacation
11. a famous person
12. to pay no attention to sth
14. something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first
15. to operate several programs at the same time

1. to become or to make sth become firm, steady and unlikely to change; to make sth stable
3. sometimes but not often
7. to completely change the appearance or character of sth, especially so that it is better
8. extremely attractive or impressive
9. to emphasize sth, especially so that people give it more attention
10. saying or doing the same thing many times, so that it becomes boring
13. central; very important; connected with or providing a focus