Vocabulary

• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• lean on: To depend on someone for support or help.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• have to: Must do
• on the lookout: Vigilantly searching for someone or something.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• out and about: Having returned to your usual activities after an illness.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• fill out: To become fatter
• at least: As a minimum
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• settle out: To reach an agreement or compromise, especially in a legal dispute, without going to trial.
• coping mechanism: A psychological strategy used to manage stress or emotional distress.
• source for: A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• mental: Concerning the mind
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• irritable: Annoyed; easily annoyed or angered
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• pile: Large amount of something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• census: Survey to collect data about people in an area
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• shut: To stop being open for business
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• license: To give official permission to do something
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• reassurance: Feeling of reduced worry about something
• lantern: Light in a glass box that can be carried
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• lookout: Person who keeps watch, e.g. for an enemy
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• heighten: To increase the degree or intensity of something
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• gusty: Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts