Vocabulary

• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• measure up: To be good enough; to meet the required standard.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• tally up: To calculate or add up a total.
• with practice: Through repeated exercise or performance, leading to improvement or skill.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• slip up: To make a mistake
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• tear up: To cause someone much grief
• going on: To continue doing something
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• express: To send something by fast mail
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fully: Completely or entirely
• constructive: Having positive effective results
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• savor: To enjoy a feeling, taste, smell for a long time
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
• blush: To turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• wholeheartedly: Completely enthusiastically; with great agreement
• downplay: To suggest something is not a serious as thought
• worthless: Being of no value; without positive aspects