Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• from the outset: From the beginning of a process or event.
• cut corners: To do something badly in order to save money or effort.
• on the face of it: Based on first impressions; seemingly.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• shore up: To support to stop it bursting/being ruined
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
• second nature: A behavior that has become automatic or habitual.
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• get on with: To have a good relationship with someone
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• material: Cloth; fabric
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• gratification: Pleasure; happiness; satisfaction
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• appalling: Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• carpenter: Person that makes, repairs objects made of wood
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• astronomical: Extremely large or high
• tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• stellar: Very brilliant; very successful or good
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
• famous: Excellent
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• psychotherapist: Therapist treating mental and emotional disorders
• parent: Person's, animal's mother or father
• redemptive: Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
• love: Person's name