Vocabulary

• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• have to: Must do
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• one in eight: A proportion equal to one part out of a total of eight parts.
• on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• pick on: To tease or bully someone
• ease up: To reduce effort, pressure, or intensity.
• out of tune: Not playing or singing notes at the correct pitch; not in harmony.
• lock in: To secure something, such as a price or deal, for a specific period.
• in check: Under control; restrained.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• positive outlook: A tendency to expect good things to happen; optimism.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in one sitting: All at one time; without interruption.
• melt away: To disappear gradually.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• regardless of
• go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• put back: To return something to the proper place
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• within reach: Close enough to be grabbed or used.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• at least: As a minimum
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• check out
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• dude: Form of address for a man
• afford: To make available, to provide
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• propaganda: (Use of) message that you want people to accept
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• orchestra: Large group who perform instrumental music
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• unhealthy: Being in poor health; sickly
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount