Vocabulary

• touch wood: Said to avoid bad luck after mentioning something positive.
• certain foods: Specific types of food, often referring to those with particular characteristics or effects.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• sneeze: Act of air suddenly being forced out of nose/mouth
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• ginger: Being reddish-brown in color
• weak: Not having a strong character
• turmeric: Spice giving yellow color used in Indian cooking
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• squirt: To fire liquid out of a small hole under pressure
• saline: Containing salt
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• defence: The process of protecting something from attack
• unwell: Being in poor health; having your period