Vocabulary

• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• sit down: To take a seat
• have to: Must do
• peel back: To gradually reveal or uncover something by removing layers or obstacles.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• live out: To experience something, especially something that you have planned or hoped for.
• pursue my dream: To strive to achieve a goal or ambition that one is passionate about.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• huge: Very very large
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• important: Having power or authority
• immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• outsider: Someone who is not part of or accepted in a group
• prism: Three-dimensional object
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done