Vocabulary

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• in a series: Arranged or happening one after another.
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in competition: Taking part in a contest or rivalry.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• prophecy: Statement that something will happen in the future
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• important: Having power or authority
• rapport: Understanding or empathy between two people
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• companionship: Good feeling from being with someone else
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
• dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• afterward: Happening after something else happened
• surefire: (Of success/result) very certain; very effective
• friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
• psych: (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in