Vocabulary

• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• have to: Must do
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
• check out
• on steroids: Greatly enhanced or intensified; more powerful or effective than usual.
• in droves: In large numbers; in a large group.
• book on: A book about a particular subject.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• under the hood: Beneath the bonnet of a vehicle.
• for better or worse: Regardless of the good or bad consequences of an action or situation.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• kick out: To force to leave because of poor grades, behavior
• in secret: Done or kept in a way that is not known or seen by others.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• requires effort: To need or demand effort to achieve something.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• latch onto: To understand something, often after a period of confusion.
• next to: Being located along side another
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• jump on: To criticize someone suddenly and strongly.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• tie in: To make a connection to bring two things together
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• not limited to: Including something but also allowing other things; not restricted to.
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• impulsive: Acting without really thinking about it; rash
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• seek: To ask someone for help
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• treadmill: Boring job, with repetitive tasks
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• malnourished: Not having had adequate nourishment or food
• neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• mindless: Without thinking things through; stupid; unfeeling
• sugary: Too sweet; insincere
• rationally: In a carefully considered manner
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• checkout: Counter in a supermarket where you pay for goods
• popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• clockwork: Any mechanism of geared wheels driven by a spring
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine