Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• on the count of: Because of; due to a particular reason or cause.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• sit back: To relax and take it easy.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• slip by: To pass or elapse unnoticed or without being acted upon.
• in a heartbeat: Immediately; without hesitation.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• culprit: Person who has done something wrong or illegal
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• account: An advantage
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• hop: Dance party
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• person: Man, woman or child
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• twirl: Turning/spinning quickly, as to show off a dress
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• datum: Item of factual information
• chlorine: Greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• bungee: Elasticized rope you can hang from, as a sport
• automotive: Concerning cars