Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• have on: To be wearing something.
• such as: For example; like
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• lead to: To result in some action
• grow into: To be able to wear clothes that were too big
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• mental: Concerning the mind
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• asthma: Lung illness causing difficulty in breathing
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• important: Having power or authority
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• part: Division of a book
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• area: Amount of measured space
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• unanswered: Was not answered