Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• thin out: To reduce the number of things in a group or area, making them less dense.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• against you: In opposition to you.
• neither side: Not either of two sides or parties.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• point at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• deliberately: In a careful, considered manner; on purpose
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• receipt: Act of receiving something
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• vaguely: In a vague way; not fully
• leave: To go away from; depart
• reconciliation: Getting two figures/accounts to match financially
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fully: Completely or entirely
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• departure: Act of leaving a place, to start a journey
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• statistically: With respect to statistics
• closeness: A feeling of being intimate and belonging together
• workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
• actionable: Something you can act on
• beneficiary: Person who benefits from something
• estrange: To cause to be no longer connected or close to
• mistreat: To act badly toward someone; abuse
• reread: To read again