Vocabulary

• mess up: To make a mistake
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• culminate in: To reach the highest point or final stage; to result in.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• for better or worse: Regardless of the good or bad consequences of an action or situation.
• check out
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• at the margins: In a position that is not central or mainstream; at the periphery.
• sift through: To examine something very carefully in order to find something important or useful.
• have to: Must do
• in detail: Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• table stakes: A rule in poker and other games that a player can only bet the amount of money or chips that they had on the table at the start of a hand.
• fall behind: To get behind or late, because of going slowly
• to the core: Completely; fundamentally; in every aspect.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• in terms of
• regardless of
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• at scale: In large quantities; with significant reach or impact.
• plug in
• stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• mental: Concerning the mind
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• shift: To change in position or direction
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• section: A part of a whole
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
• applicant: Someone formally expressing interest e.g. in a job
• thermometer: Instrument for measuring temperature
• datum: Item of factual information
• tier: One of the rising rows of seats, e.g. in a stadium
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• numeric: Concerning or involving numbers