Vocabulary

• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• take stock: To review or assess a situation.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• call upon: To make demands on; order/require from someone
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have to: Must do
• at school: Present and attending school.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• look back: To think about past events
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• lie in: To stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• let out: To allow a person, animal to leave the room, house
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• circumstance: Condition or fact that affects a situation
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• spouse: Someone's husband or wife
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• innate: Being part of something's nature
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• due: When something is required or expected
• insanity: Mentally ill, unable to act normally
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• public: Owned by the government
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• ward: Person's name
• cruelty: Intention to hurt others or be mean to them
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• alcoholic: Containing alcohol; that can make you drunk
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• sob: To make gasping sounds while crying
• excellence: Extremely high quality