Vocabulary

• slip into: To quickly put on (a piece of clothing).
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• on a regular basis: Happening frequently or at regular intervals.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• get on with: To have a good relationship with someone
• of late: Recently; lately.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• spell out: To explain something in a very clear and detailed way.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• from top to toe: Covering the entire body from head to feet.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• light on: To illuminate something.
• wall in: To surround something tightly with walls or barriers.
• a few moments: A short period of time
• have to: Must do
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strength: Condition of being strong
• strike: To hit something
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
• shrink: To become smaller
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• competent: Fully qualified or capable of doing
• sensory: Referring to the physical senses
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• devote: To dedicate
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
• aspire: To have a great ambition or goal
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• equilibrium: A state of balance or harmony
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• annoy: To make someone angry
• appease: To give in to someone's demands to avoid conflict
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
• diffuse: To cause something to spread through a large area
• enchant: To hold the admiration of others; charm
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• forget: To not remember something
• antiquity: Very old object
• need: To be unable to manage without something; require
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• civilisation: A highly developed society
• stoicism: Indifference to pleasure or pain or suffering
• lunchtime: The time you eat your midday meal