Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• carve out: To create or obtain something through effort or skill.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• as a gift: Given without expectation of payment; a present.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• make time for: To schedule time for a specific activity or person.
• run deep: To be strongly felt or held; to be deeply rooted or ingrained.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• balance it out: To equalize or compensate for something, often to create a sense of fairness or equilibrium.
• hand up: To raise one's hand in order to get attention, especially in a classroom.
• check out
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• mental: Concerning the mind
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
• narrative: The telling of a story
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• inherently: As an essential part of
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• couple: To join something to something else
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• delegate: Person attending a meeting
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• workout: Energetic exercise
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• resentful: Angry at unfair treatment
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• psychotherapist: Therapist treating mental and emotional disorders
• pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
• fulfil: To finish or provide something successfully
• zebra: Black-and-white striped African horse-like animal
• mama: A mother