Vocabulary

• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• light on: To illuminate something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
• check out
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• shed: Small building used for storage
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• deteriorate: To become worse in condition or value
• conduct: Your behavior
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• respond: To answer something or someone
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• trend: Current style or fashion
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• gauge: A tool used to measure things
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• chronological: Placed in order of time, usually of events
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• person: Man, woman or child
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• regenerate: To form or create new things
• metaphysical: Concerning metaphysics (study of reality of life)
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information