Vocabulary

• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• eat up: To eat all of something
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• shift: To change in position or direction
• autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• rebellious: Wanting to do things your way; resisting authority
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• product: Item that can be bought
• rebellion: Act of conflicting with someone in authority
• part: Division of a book
• embody: To make something into part of a body or system
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• questionnaire: Form used to get information from many people
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• genesis: Beginning of something important
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• mast: Tall upright post supporting the sails of a boat
• slop: To carelessly let liquid fall out of cup, etc.
• bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers