Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• have to: Must do
• pick me up: To collect someone or something from a place.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• coping mechanism: A psychological strategy used to manage stress or emotional distress.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• urge: A strong desire for something
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• 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
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• shift: To change in position or direction
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• address: Exact street location of a place
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• intention: Aim or purpose
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• sneaky: Deceptive and underhand
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• leave: To go away from; depart
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• irresistible: Being so attractive or desirable you cannot say no
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• quit: To leave a job
• browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• cart: Vehicle on wheels for carry things; trolley
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• crutch: Stick leant on for support if leg/foot is injured
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken