Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• leave on: To keep something (especially clothing) on your body.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• sound right: To seem correct or accurate.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• hierarchy: Group that manages and controls an organization
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• huge: Very very large
• section: A part of a whole
• favor: Support or approval from people
• anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• succumb: To eventually die from a disease
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• alcoholic: Containing alcohol; that can make you drunk
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• unload: To express strong or troubling feelings