Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• such as: For example; like
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• check out
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• factor: Something that influences a result
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• pigment: Substance that makes things have a certain color
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
• click: To work well with someone or something
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• noggin: A human head
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• injury: Physical or emotional harm or damage
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• collagen: Type of protein that is often used in skin cream and in plastic surgery because it makes skin look younger
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• ultraviolet: Concerning light waves that are extremely short
• proprietary: Protected by trademark, patent or copyright
• uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
• buildup: Making people feel excited about some new event
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• checkout: Counter in a supermarket where you pay for goods
• electrolyte: Electrically charged substances
• diabetic: Concerning diabetes; suffering from diabetes
• peptide: Amide derived from two or more amino acids
• glaucoma: Damage to the nerves in the eye causing blindness