Vocabulary

• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• have to: Must do
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• deal with
• on impulse: Acting suddenly without thinking about the results of your actions
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• tally up: To calculate or add up a total.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• lead to: To result in some action
• feel stuck: To feel unable to progress or change a situation, often leading to frustration or helplessness.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• proud of you: Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or are connected to.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• mental: Concerning the mind
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• repetition: When something occurs again
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• binge: To eat or drink too much at one time
• indulge: To let someone else have or do what they want
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• gratification: Pleasure; happiness; satisfaction
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• gambling: Act of betting money on events
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break