Vocabulary

• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• one in eight: A proportion equal to one part out of a total of eight parts.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• go ballistic: Become very angry
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• against you: In opposition to you.
• break from: To separate oneself from an association or way of life, typically due to disagreement or disillusionment.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• interact with
• go to ground: Hide or disappear to avoid capture or trouble.
• out of tune: Not playing or singing notes at the correct pitch; not in harmony.
• in check: Under control; restrained.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• melt away: To disappear gradually.
• regardless of
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• have to: Must do
• put back: To return something to the proper place
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• crystal clear: Extremely clear and easy to understand.
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• within reach: Close enough to be grabbed or used.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• at least: As a minimum
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• have been around: To have a lot of experience in life.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• extreme: Very great in degree
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• tiny: Very, very small
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• require: To demand that someone does something
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount