Glossary

• Daydreaming: a set of pleasant thoughts about something you would prefer to be doing or something you would like to achieve in the future.

Example:

1. He never paid attention in class and seemed to be in a permanent daydream.
2. I was just enjoying a daydream about winning the Nobel Prize for literature.

• Masterpiece: a work of art such as a painting, film or book which is done or made with great skill, and is often a person's greatest work.

Example:

1. 'The Last Supper' is widely regarded as Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.
2. It's a skilful or clever example of something: Her press conference was a masterpiece of media manipulation.

• Wander: If your mind or your thoughts wander, you stop thinking about the subject that you should be giving your attention to and start thinking about other matters.

Example:

1. Halfway through the meeting my mind started to wander.

To walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction:

Example:

1. We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city.
2. She was found several hours later, wandering the streets, lost.
3. He was here a moment ago but he's wandered off somewhere.