Vocabulary

• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• fill up
• balance it out: To equalize or compensate for something, often to create a sense of fairness or equilibrium.
• over the counter: Denoting a security traded directly between two parties, not on an exchange.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• going on: To continue doing something
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• temptation: Something making you want to do/have bad thing
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• spike: The top point in a graph
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• click: To work well with someone or something
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• practitioner: A person working in a profession, such as medicine
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• inexpensive: Having a low price; cheap
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti