Vocabulary

• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• lean on: To depend on someone for support or help.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• look back: To think about past events
• to a degree: Partially; somewhat.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• have to: Must do
• in operation: Currently working or functioning as intended.
• in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• in the mood: Wanting to do something
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• take stock: To review or assess a situation.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• permanently: For a long time; always
• motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• subtly: In a way that is delicate or slight, but effective
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• obliterate: To completely destroy; rub out; stamp out
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• paradoxical: Seemingly contradictory but possibly true
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
• constitute: To become a group of
• appease: To give in to someone's demands to avoid conflict
• unconditional: With no demands made before agreeing
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• picture: General situation or state of being
• subsidiary: Less important or supporting organization/company
• clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• meek: Obedient; doing what others say without arguing
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'