Vocabulary

• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• make the cut: To succeed in being selected from a larger group.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• record label: A company that records and distributes music.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• grasp: Person's control over something
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• altogether: All things considered
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• public: Owned by the government
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• frequent: Happening often
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• remainder: What is left over after the larger part is gone
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• deceptive: Causing someone to believe what is not true
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• funky: Offbeat; fashionable
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• notably: In a way that deserves notice; particularly
• orchestra: Large group who perform instrumental music
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• part: Division of a book
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• fragility: Lack of strength; easily broken or harmed
• solemn: Serious and dignified
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing
• morphine: Alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• synthesizer: Electronic musical instrument that copies sounds
• underrate: To undervalue or underestimate
• breather: Short rest after activity
• lynch: (Of a mob) to illegally put to death by hanging
• barrio: Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city