Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• huge spike: A large and sudden increase in something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• think back: To recapture the past
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• after dinner: Following the meal of dinner.
• take it out of: To cause someone to feel very tired or exhausted.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• without knowing: Unaware; without being conscious of something.
• deal with
• pie in the sky: An unrealistic or improbable idea; a fanciful notion.
• at least: As a minimum
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• spike: The top point in a graph
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• huge: Very very large
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• carbohydrate: Substance providing energy in foods (rice, bread)
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• basal: Concerning the lowest level or fundamentals
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• intermittent: Occurring at irregular times; off and on
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• unnatural: Not being what you would expect; not normal
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• wolf: A dog-like wild animal