Vocabulary

• above average
• daily reality: The experiences and conditions of everyday life.
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• the leading cause: The most significant or primary reason for something.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in terms of
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• cap on: An upper limit or restriction on something, such as spending or quantity.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• financial: Involving money
• retention: Act of holding something inside the body
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• physician: A medical doctor
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• rank: To rate or class things
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• adverse: Negative or harmful
• picture: General situation or state of being
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• live: To be alive
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• dental: Concerning the teeth
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system
• outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building