Vocabulary

• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• respond: To answer something or someone
• sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• empathize: To imagine or understand how others feel
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• point: An item to be discussed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• behave: To act correctly
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• sympathize: To support or be in agreement with something
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• worsen: To make or become worse