Vocabulary

• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• burn out: To overwork to mental or physical exhaustion
• crash and burn: To fail completely and suddenly.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• give and take
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• round to: To visit someone's place informally, usually briefly.
• start over: To begin again.
• live out: To experience something, especially something that you have planned or hoped for.
• at speed: Moving quickly.
• stand out
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• 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.
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• turmoil: Very confused situation where things are not clear
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• flexible: Bending easily
• accomplishment: Something you succeed in after hard work
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
• respond: To answer something or someone
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• stressful: Worrying; causing tension
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• redeem: To exchange (coupon/voucher) for merchandise, etc.
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• flashback: Showing an earlier event in a film, book etc.
• pathological: (Liar, etc.) behaving in an uncontrollable (bad)
• toxicity: Quality or degree of being poisonous
• analytic: Of the process of detailed reasoning
• matriarch: Female head of a family/tribe; strong older woman