Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• ask for it: To behave in a way that will cause trouble or punishment.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• in question: Being doubted or disputed; under discussion.
• send in: To mail or email an application, etc. somewhere
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• out of breath: Having difficulty breathing, often after physical exertion.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• simple present: A verb tense used to describe habits, unchanging situations, general truths, and fixed arrangements.
• look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
• answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• speed up: To move more quickly
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• make someone's day: To cause someone to feel very happy or pleased.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• section: A part of a whole
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• rewind: To make something go backwards
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• punctuation: Marks used in piece of writing, such as ? ; and !
• plural: Being more than one person or thing
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• appreciation: Rise in value (of property or belongings)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• capitalize: To write words, the first letter in BIG LETTERS
• wheelchair: Movable chair mounted on large wheels
• thou: An old-fashioned word for you
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing