Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• double down: In gambling, to double one's bet, typically in exchange for taking one more card.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• from memory: Using only your memory without any help or notes.
• above average
• at least: As a minimum
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• in reverse: In the opposite direction.
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• check out
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• shift: To change in position or direction
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• malleable: Easily changed into a new shape (or attitude)
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• daily: Happening every day
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• repel: To make or force someone or something go away
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared