Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in one year: Within a period of twelve months.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• engage with it: To interact with something or someone in a meaningful way.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• teamed up with: To form as a group to work together on something
• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• in places: In some locations but not others
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• perseverance: Act of continuing to try despite difficulties
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• affluent: Having plenty of money and possessions
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• persistence: Determination to keep doing even if it is hard
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• great: Very good; better than before
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• kindergarten: School or class for children between four and six
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• tyranny: Cruel government by a ruler who has complete power
• shockingly: Extremely or greatly (in a bad way)
• percentile: A range of scores allotted to parts of one hundred
• hardy: Able to survive cold weather, hard times