Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• grow into: To be able to wear clothes that were too big
• two halves: Two equal parts of something.
• centered around: To have (something) as the main subject or focus.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• humility: Quality of not feeling better than others
• important: Having power or authority
• workout: Energetic exercise
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fully: Completely or entirely
• philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
• cling: To be dependent on
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• deep: Complex and important
• attain: To reach a desired level or amount over time
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• ale: Fermented alcoholic drink made from malt