Vocabulary

• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• at least: As a minimum
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in terms of
• call it quits: To stop doing something; to give up
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• going on: To continue doing something
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• valuable: Being useful or important
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• distinction: Special quality that makes something different
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• important: Having power or authority
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• quit: To leave a job
• derive: To come from another thing
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• satirical: Exposing human folly to ridicule
• trough: Long open container for feeding farm animals
• underrate: To undervalue or underestimate