Vocabulary

• come from: To have as your native country or city
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• far worse: Significantly more unpleasant, serious, or severe.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal with
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• get up off: To rise from a seated or lying position on something.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• have to: Must do
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of breath: Having difficulty breathing, often after physical exertion.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• hit home: To have a strong emotional impact; to affect deeply.
• go on: To continue doing something
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• extreme: Very great in degree
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• spouse: Someone's husband or wife
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• point: An item to be discussed
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• alive: Living; not dead
• disability: Condition limiting your ability to do something
• management: People who are in control of a business or group
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• dependent: Someone who relies on (financial) support
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• theoretical: Concerning the unproved aspects of a subject
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• bullshit: Telling lies, nonsense (very rude)
• dependence: Relying on someone for (e.g. financial) support
• unhealthy: Being in poor health; sickly