Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• write down: To record in writing
• to the left: In or toward the left direction.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• come to think of it: Used when you suddenly remember or realize something, often leading to a change in perspective or a new thought.
• turn away: To go in a different direction; not face something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• in my book: According to my personal opinion or belief.
• have to: Must do
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in the club: Being a member of a group or organization.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• every man for himself: People must look after their own interests first.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• worth mentioning: Important or interesting enough to be spoken about or noted.
• close up: A photograph or film shot taken of a subject at close range.
• drink up: To finish a drink completely.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• live wire: A very energetic and lively person.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• stand out
• few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• articulate: To express something clearly using language
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• nausea: Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• performance: Act of doing something
• gesture: Bodily movement expressing a particular meaning
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• instinctively: Through intuition, not thought
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• scrap: To fight with someone
• fully: Completely or entirely
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• act: To behave in a certain way
• piece: A counter in a board game
• connotation: Idea associated with another one
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• mumble: Speech that is not clear enough or loud enough
• fidget: to make continuous, small movements because you are nervous or bored
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
• cynicism: Belief that bad motivates things/people are bad
• shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• pedal: Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
• stutter: To speak hesitatingly with repeated sounds
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• happen: To take place or occur
• flinch: To move back as in fear or pain; recoil; shrink
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• harrowing: Extremely shocking or upsetting
• persecute: To ill-treat, oppress or harass, as for religion
• drool: To show that one likes something a lot
• inflection: Change in a person's voice when talking
• craftsman: Creator of great skill in the manual arts
• jingle: Light ringing sound like metal things being shaken
• streetcar: Electric wheeled vehicle that runs on rails