Vocabulary

• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• have to: Must do
• get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at the moment: At this time; now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• came off: To succeed in doing; complete something
• come off it: Used to express disbelief or disagreement.
• in bad shape: In poor physical or operational condition.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• couch potato: A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, usually watching television.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• chance of survival: The possibility of remaining alive, especially during a dangerous event.
• kicking and screaming: Doing something unwillingly and very reluctantly.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• aside from
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• turn on
• set up
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• run after: To chase someone or something
• in a bad way: In poor physical or emotional condition.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• mental: Concerning the mind
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• extreme: Very great in degree
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
• favor: Support or approval from people
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• respond: To answer something or someone
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• feast: Religious celebration
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• point: An item to be discussed
• gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• part: Division of a book
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• microwave: Cooking appliance using electromagnetic waves
• etcetera: More of the same; and so on
• inflection: Change in a person's voice when talking
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• online: Connected to the internet
• neanderthal: An early form of humans long since extinct