Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• at a cost: Involving loss or sacrifice.
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• slow burn: A gradual increase of anger or tension over time.
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• mental: Concerning the mind
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• slightly: Only a little
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• annoy: To make someone angry
• burn: To destroy with fire
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• cautiously: In a manner to avoid risk or danger
• normalize: To make something normal or regular