Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• at the bank: Located at or near a financial institution.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• impulse buying: The act of purchasing items without planning to do so in advance.
• physical connection: A tangible link or bond between two or more things.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• emotional triggers: Stimuli that provoke strong emotional reactions, often linked to past experiences or trauma.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• belief system: A set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• cut your losses: To stop doing something that is failing in order to minimize further losses or damage.
• throw good money after bad: To continue spending money on a failing situation.
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• set on: To attack
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• free up: To make something available for a particular use.
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• financial: Involving money
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• account: An advantage
• cluttered: To fill with disorderly mess of things
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• disposable: Being available to be used or spent
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• exceptional: Being extremely and unusually good
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• mindless: Without thinking things through; stupid; unfeeling