Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• pile up: To put things on top of each other to form a pile
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• against you: In opposition to you.
• larger than life: Very exciting, impressive, or with personality beyond normal limits.
• feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
• start over: To begin again.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• through the looking glass: Entering a strange or surreal situation or world.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• raw emotion: Emotion that is unfiltered and intense.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• going on: To continue doing something
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• of late: Recently; lately.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• as anything: Used to emphasize intensity or degree of a quality or action.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• strength: Condition of being strong
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• veteran: Person experienced through long service
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• public: Owned by the government
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• stun: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• robin: Person's name
• twain: (Literary) two of something; two people