Vocabulary

• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• write down: To record in writing
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• check out
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• require: To demand that someone does something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• daily: Happening every day
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• negotiable: That can be discussed to come to an agreement
• kicker: Player who kicks the football