Vocabulary

• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• have to: Must do
• heart race: A rapid heartbeat, often due to excitement, anxiety, or physical exertion.
• out of proportion: Exaggerated or inappropriate in scale or degree.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• on the lookout: Vigilantly searching for someone or something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• contrary to: In opposition to; against.
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• mess up: To make a mistake
• rehearse for: To practice or prepare for a performance or event.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• on cue: At exactly the moment expected or required.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• mental: Concerning the mind
• introvert: Person who does not like social contact
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• monologue: Long speech given by one person, often in a play
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• succumb: To eventually die from a disease
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• daily: Happening every day
• compel: To force someone to do something
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• phobia: Extreme fear
• fret: To worry about something in a nervous way
• embarrassment: Shame you feel when you did something wrong
• afterward: Happening after something else happened
• lookout: Person who keeps watch, e.g. for an enemy
• hijack: To take control of a plane, etc. by force
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• psychiatry: Study and treatment of mental illness
• pooh: To defecate