Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• in charge: To be responsible for
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• mental: Concerning the mind
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• deteriorate: To become worse in condition or value
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• cruise: To easily achieve
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• huge: Very very large
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• acne: Red spots or pimples on your face
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• exhausting: To emit gas from the back of a car
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• arthritis: Diseases of the joints often with painful swelling
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• menopause: Mid-life period when women's periods stop
• fog: Cloudy air that makes seeing things difficult
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• cockpit: Area in (plane, boat) where the pilot, driver sits
• lever: A handle that one pulls to operate a machine
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• infertility: Inability to produce young; inability to reproduce