Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• in layman's terms: Express using simple language for non-experts.
• have to: Must do
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• pick out: To choose or select one item from many
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• next to: Being located along side another
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• given time: A specific time that has been scheduled or agreed upon.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• skim through: To read something quickly, paying little attention to detail.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• picking out: To choose or select one item from many
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• sit down: To take a seat
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• mental: Concerning the mind
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• relevance: State of being related or appropriate to a topic
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• familiarity: Manner of talking or behaving
• terminology: Specific words and expressions used in a field
• sponge: Soft cleaning material able to absorb water
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• jigsaw: Cut up picture on card that you fit back together