Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• going on: To continue doing something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• in the loop: Being kept informed about something.
• turn on
• log out: To disconnect a computer from a network
• dance around: To avoid discussing something directly.
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• proud of you: Feeling pleased and satisfied about something you own or have done, or are connected to.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• mental: Concerning the mind
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• urge: A strong desire for something
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• nudge: To touch or push something gently
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• doable: Able to be done; possible
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• envy: Feeling of wanting something that someone else has
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• gremlin: An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed
• whiplash: Neck/back injury from sudden jerk, as in car crash
• bedtime: Time you go to bed