Vocabulary

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• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• freak out: To react or behave in a wild or irrational way
• get the better of: To defeat or overcome someone or something, especially emotions.
• stand up to: To resist or fight someone who is being aggressive
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• at the most: No more than; maximum amount or degree.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• link up: To connect or join together physically.
• 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
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• tiny: Very, very small
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• performance: Act of doing something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• option: A choice
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• exaggeration: Act of trying to make things seem more extreme
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• photosynthesis: Process of plants using the sun to make their food
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• filtration: Process whereby fluids pass through a filter
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• inverse: Being the opposite of something else
• percentile: A range of scores allotted to parts of one hundred
• pong: To smell badly
• biochemistry: Science of chemical processes in living things