Vocabulary

• out of whack: Not in proper working order; not functioning correctly.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• make up: To invent or create a story
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• eat up: To eat all of something
• go on: To continue doing something
• give in: To submit work; hand in
• lead to: To result in some action
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• go away: To go on vacation
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• mental: Concerning the mind
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• amount: Quantity of something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• tiny: Very, very small
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• person: Man, woman or child
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• aggressively: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• whack: To hit someone or something with great force
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• bombard: To attack with weapons
• dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• silently: In a perfectly quiet way