Vocabulary

• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• in the region of: Approximately around a certain amount or number.
• such as: For example; like
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• due to: Because of; owing to
• trickle down: To gradually spread or filter through from top to bottom, especially in economics, referring to the belief that tax cuts or other benefits for the wealthy will ultimately benefit the poor and middle class.
• chip away: To gradually make something weaker or smaller.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• in confidence: Communicating privately and confidentially.
• in terms of
• got to: To arrive at some place
• grey area: An unclear or ambiguous situation lacking definite rules.
• deal with
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• mental: Concerning the mind
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• extreme: Very great in degree
• dread: To await with great fear
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• trivial: Small; unimportant; worthless
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• detrimental: Harmful
• conduct: Your behavior
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• seek: To ask someone for help
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• permanently: For a long time; always
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• due: When something is required or expected
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• verbal: Concerning verbs
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• great: Very good; better than before
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• person: Man, woman or child
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• part: Division of a book
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• enormously: Extremely (happy, popular, etc.)
• oppressive: Keeping people under your control, in a cruel way
• internally: On or from the inside
• suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
• workplace: Place where work is done
• muslim: Of or relating to Islam