Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• got to: To arrive at some place
• such as: For example; like
• switch off
• connected with: Related to; associated with.
• feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• bear in mind: To remember and consider something.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• compliment: Remark saying someone looks nice, plays well, etc.
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• value: Importance you attach to something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• sturdy: Substantially made or built; strong
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• verbal: Concerning verbs
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• important: Having power or authority
• neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
• paraphrase: Summary of another person's words
• clarification: Act or process of making a liquid clear
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• closeness: A feeling of being intimate and belonging together
• fester: (Of a problem) to get worse because unattended to