Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• grind down: To reduce or weaken something gradually.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• click: To work well with someone or something
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• hip: The upper part of Leg
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• bow: To (cause to) curve or bend
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• alignment: Agreement to work together on a common goal
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
• dysfunctional: Acting in an abnormal way or not as required
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• quad: Four-sided enclosure surrounded by buildings
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt