Vocabulary

• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• go on: To continue doing something
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• spouse: Someone's husband or wife
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• initial: First letter of your given name
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• dictate: To speak while someone writes down your words
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• huge: Very very large
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• leave: To go away from; depart
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• collaborative: Working with others to complete a task
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• business: A company formed for making profit
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• miscellaneous: Including many things of different kinds; various
• suffice: To be enough to do something
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• consultation: Meeting with a doctor or specialist to get advice
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• mediation: Negotiation to help others to reach an agreement