Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• future self: The person you will become in the future, often used in the context of making decisions that will benefit your future well-being.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• walk away from: To leave a situation or relationship, especially when it is difficult or unpleasant.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• closer than: Nearer in distance compared to something else.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• now or never: An opportunity that must be taken immediately, or it will be lost.
• green light
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• in motion: Moving; not stationary.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• dream on: Said when you think something is very unlikely to happen.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
• catch fire: To start burning; to ignite.
• burn through: To use up a supply of something, especially money, very quickly.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• turn off
• log out: To disconnect a computer from a network
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• in circles: Moving or going around and around; not progressing.
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
• burn out: To overwork to mental or physical exhaustion
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• by numbers: Doing something exactly according to instructions or method.
• negotiate with: To discuss something formally in order to make an agreement.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on the panel: Being a member of a committee or group.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• feel sorry for: To experience sympathy or pity for someone.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• lay out: To show or explain your plans carefully
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look back: To think about past events
• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• let off: To allow someone to go unpunished for wrongdoing
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• next moment: Immediately after; very soon.
• rushing down: Going somewhere quickly, especially down a slope or stairs.
• off the rails: Out of control; behaving unpredictably.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• turn on
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• shrink: To become smaller
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• lever: A handle that one pulls to operate a machine