Vocabulary

• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• give out: To be used up; have nothing left; fail
• up to speed: Fully informed; aware of the latest information
• in your face: Bold, aggressive, and confrontational.
• in the business of: Engaged in a particular commercial activity or profession.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• come down with: To become ill with a disease or illness
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• have to: Must do
• got to: To arrive at some place
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• tag on: To add something extra or join a group or activity.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• cherish: To care a lot about or love someone or something
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• thigh: Upper part of a bird's leg, e.g. eaten as food
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• dirt: Loose earth or soil
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
• blush: To turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• sucker: Part of an animal used for holding onto surfaces
• gram: Metric unit of weight equal to 1/1000 of a kilo
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from