Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• go away: To go on vacation
• under the weather: Slightly ill; not feeling well.
• fight off: To defend a position, often violently
• in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• coping mechanism: A psychological strategy used to manage stress or emotional distress.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• push aside: To ignore or dismiss something as unimportant.
• bottle up: To deliberately not show a strong feeling or emotion.
• bubble over: To express strong feelings, especially joy or excitement.
• pot on: Transfer plants into pots for growth.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• without knowing: Unaware; without being conscious of something.
• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• mental: Concerning the mind
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• acne: Red spots or pimples on your face
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• wreak: To cause something damaging or violent to happen
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• eczema: Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
• repress: To keep (emotions) under control; restrict
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• stiffness: Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• worsen: To make or become worse
• preoccupy: To cause to be absorbed in thinking about a thing