Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• regardless of
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
• substance use: The use of drugs, alcohol, or other substances.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• mental: Concerning the mind
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• marijuana: Illegal drug that is made from hemp
• weed: (Childish use) to urinate; go to the bathroom
• counselor: Person offering professional advice to others
• act: To behave in a certain way
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning