Vocabulary

• go at it: To start doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• got to: To arrive at some place
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• tough it out: To endure a period of hardship or difficulty with determination.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• come around: To eventually change your opinion or be persuaded to agree with someone else's.
• finish out: To complete the remainder of a period before stopping.
• boil down: To reduce in volume by boiling; to concentrate.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• write down: To record in writing
• cream of the crop: The very best people or things in a group.
• hold your own: To maintain one's position or performance despite challenges.
• work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• lame: Having a damaged leg/foot making walking painful
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• outrageous: Exceeding the usual limits; far too extreme
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• intrinsic: Being naturally and always a part of something
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• crumble: To break into small parts or crumbs
• acceptance: Act of accepting; agreement to accept
• fill: To make something full
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• overdose: To take too many drugs, so that you might die
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• part: Division of a book
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• hash: A mixture of meat, potatoes, and vegetables cut into small pieces and baked or fried
• karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
• worthless: Being of no value; without positive aspects
• pancake: Flat cake of fried on both sides on a griddle, etc.
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• karaoke: Singing popular songs to a prerecorded soundtrack