Vocabulary

• head over heels: Deeply and completely in love.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• heart race: A rapid heartbeat, often due to excitement, anxiety, or physical exertion.
• going on: To continue doing something
• balance out: To make or become more equal to another thing
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• lead to: To result in some action
• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• to the quick: Deeply and painfully affected or hurt emotionally.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• side note: A brief piece of additional information or a comment that is related to the main subject but is not essential to it.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• lean on: To depend on someone for support or help.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• have to: Must do
• out of whack: Not in proper working order; not functioning correctly.
• wind down: To become quiet or calm, after activity
• sort through: To examine a collection of things in order to organize them, find something specific, or discard unwanted items.
• peace out: An informal way of saying goodbye.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• circadian: Concerning biological processes occurring at -hour intervals
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• snuggle: To put yourself into a warm, comfortable position
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• testosterone: Natural chemical responsible for the male sex
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• cubicle: Workspace with low walls within an office
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• devotion: Strong love or attachment; a commitment to
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
• whack: To hit someone or something with great force
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• ward: Person's name
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• foe: (Literary) an enemy
• coaster: Mat placed under a glass to protect furniture
• distraught: Agitated with doubt, mental conflict, or pain
• headache: Pain in the head
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• cognitively: With regard to cognition
• deactivate: To stop a machine, service etc. from operating
• stampede: A sudden uncontrolled rush of people or animals
• heartbreak: Great sorrow caused by e.g. death of loved one
• bedtime: Time you go to bed