Vocabulary

• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• of a lifetime: Describes something very special or unique in one's life.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• have to: Must do
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in lieu of: Instead of.
• lieu of: Instead of
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• strike: To hit something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• initially: At first; originally
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• afford: To make available, to provide
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• factor: Something that influences a result
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• sane: showing good judgment and understanding
• fabulous: Almost impossible to believe, incredible
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• flirt: To behave playfully to arouse romantic interest
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• leave: To go away from; depart
• hatred: Very strong feeling of dislike; hate
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• legitimately: In a lawfully recognized manner
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• brittle: Easily broken, cracked, or snapped
• despise: To have no respect whatsoever for a person/thing
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
• person: Man, woman or child
• cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• agitate: To disturb or excite emotionally
• harshly: In a severe, extreme, or not kind manner
• adore: To love very much; to give honor to
• wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
• reciprocal: Equal and meeting the needs of both sides
• fare: Money people pay to travel on buses, taxis, boats
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• reply: Answer to someone's question
• reciprocity: Equal give and take relationship between people
• lieu: Function usually occupied or done by another
• stonewall: To obstruct a discussion by asking many questions