Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• zone out: To stop paying attention and start daydreaming or thinking about other things.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• pull away: To drive (vehicle) away;
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• get blamed: To receive responsibility or fault for something negative.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• lighten the mood: To make the atmosphere or situation less serious or tense.
• under the rug: To hide something, especially something embarrassing or damaging.
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• slip up: To make a mistake
• lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• spot: A certain place or area
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• sarcastic: Being rude and critical
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• favor: Support or approval from people
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• instinctively: Through intuition, not thought
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• fully: Completely or entirely
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• deep: Complex and important
• resentful: Angry at unfair treatment
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined