Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• evolve: To develop certain features
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• narrative: The telling of a story
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• flawless: With no imperfections or errors
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
• credential: Proof of identity or qualifications
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• cherish: To care a lot about or love someone or something
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• product: Item that can be bought
• deep: Complex and important
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• part: Division of a book
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• dysfunctional: Acting in an abnormal way or not as required
• platinum: Very expensive silver-colored metal
• lacquer: Liquid put on wood/metal to make it shiny
• heartbreak: Great sorrow caused by e.g. death of loved one