Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• have to: Must do
• fight off: To defend a position, often violently
• think through: To consider carefully so all points are covered
• closer than: Nearer in distance compared to something else.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• capsule: Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• sore: An open or raised painful spot on the skin
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• pill: Person who is difficult to deal with
• earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• drugstore: Retail shop selling medicine and other articles
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product