Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• personal identity: The unique characteristics and beliefs that define an individual.
• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• turn down: To fold something, e.g. a shirt collar
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• dictate: To speak while someone writes down your words
• address: Exact street location of a place
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• insecurity: Lack of confidence or certainty about yourself
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• narcissist: Someone in love with themselves
• important: Having power or authority
• intrusive: Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• introspection: Thinking deeply within yourself, about yourself
• appease: To give in to someone's demands to avoid conflict
• detriment: Harm; damage
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• dissect: To cut up plant or body into pieces to examine it
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• morph: (Of computer animation) to gradually change shape
• misogyny: Hatred of women
• lexicon: All the words used in a particular language
• pretzel: Glazed and salted cracker in the shape of a knot