Vocabulary

• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• live my life: To experience life in a way that is true to oneself and brings personal fulfillment.
• for a change: As something different from what is usual or normal.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• hide away: To go to a quiet place where nobody will find you, in order to avoid something.
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• piece: A counter in a board game
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• torn: To move very quickly, often with carelessness
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• live: To be alive
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• wiser: Smarter than
• dirty: Not clean