Vocabulary

• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• see through: To realize the truth about
• cling to: To hold onto something tightly, often for support or safety.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• verbal abuse: Insulting or offensive language used to criticize or disparage someone.
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• often used to: Frequently employed or utilized for a specific purpose or action.
• at least: As a minimum
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• intuition: Natural ability to guess or feel things
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• sarcastic: Being rude and critical
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• financial: Involving money
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• irrational: Not sensible or reasonable; illogical
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• slam: To criticize sharply
• leave: To go away from; depart
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• verbal: Concerning verbs
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• reconciliation: Getting two figures/accounts to match financially
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• attentive: Thoughtful and considerate
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• person: Man, woman or child
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• burn: To destroy with fire
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• reset: To return to the original start or formation