Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in the here and now: Focusing on the present moment or current situation.
• below the surface: Hidden emotions or issues not immediately visible.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• at least: As a minimum
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in terms of
• work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• through the gate: To pass from one side of a gate to the other.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• extreme: Very great in degree
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
• atmosphere: Air around us
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• sarcastic: Being rude and critical
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• previously: At an earlier time
• devote: To dedicate
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• person: Man, woman or child
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• excessively: In a manner more than is necessary; too much
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• idealistic: Wanting everything to be perfect or good
• psychotherapy: Therapy for the mind
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food