Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• sit down: To take a seat
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• roll up your sleeves: Prepare to work hard or tackle a difficult task.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• at least: As a minimum
• at midnight: At twelve o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• at the moment: At this time; now
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• silly: Careless
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• dawn: First light of day
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• bitter: Feeling angry and sad over something
• appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
• mild: Gentle in nature or behavior
• leave: To go away from; depart
• pale: Light in color; unhealthy looking
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• intensive: Needing great effort for a short period of time
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• staff: Employees of a company
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• receptionist: Person working on the front desk of a hotel, etc.
• anesthesia: Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
• injection: Act of adding or putting in; adding to
• dusk: Time before night when it is not yet dark
• ray: Person's name
• scratchy: Causing you to itch; causing irritation/annoyance
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• hoarse: (Of a voice) sounding rough due to a sore throat
• seafood: Fish, shellfish, etc. that can be eaten