Vocabulary

• couch potato: A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• check out
• such as: For example; like
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• deal with
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• source for: A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• procrastination: Act of putting off something you ought to do
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• ethic: Set of moral principles; rules of behavior
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• rodent: Animal that gnaws/bites, e.g. rat, mouse, rabbit
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information