Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• going on: To continue doing something
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• have to: Must do
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• have words: To argue or quarrel with someone.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• feel happy: To experience a sense of joy, pleasure, or contentment.
• follow through: To fulfill a promise
• work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• check out
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• a passion for: A strong enthusiasm or interest in something.
• to God: Used to emphasize truth or sincerity.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• material: Cloth; fabric
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• require: To demand that someone does something
• factor: Something that influences a result
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• valid: Being in effect or in force, often legally
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• lust: Sexual desire
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
• transcend: To achieve or go beyond normal limits of
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• entitle: To make you eligible to hold a title
• altruism: Selfless concern for the well-being of others
• suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• generalize: To apply a particular idea to a large group
• actualization: Act of making a plan or dream real