Vocabulary

• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• have to: Must do
• zoning out: The act of stopping paying attention and starting daydreaming or thinking about other things.
• in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• get stuck in: To become enthusiastically involved in something.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• overwhelm: To defeat something or someone completely
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• defiance: Unashamed opposition or refusal to abide by rules
• dyslexia: Condition affecting one's spelling and reading
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• coexist: To exist peacefully together