Vocabulary

• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• talk on: To talk at length about a particular subject.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• as a gift: Given without expectation of payment; a present.
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• of a lifetime: Describes something very special or unique in one's life.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• at least: As a minimum
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• extreme: Very great in degree
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• express: To send something by fast mail
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• obsessive: Characterized by or constituting an obsession
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• couple: To join something to something else
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• envious: Wishing you had what someone else has
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• reinvent: To present something in a new and interesting way
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• frontier: Border crossing between countries
• embody: To make something into part of a body or system
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• craftsmanship: Skill of making things in the manual arts
• undergraduate: A college student studying for their first degree
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
• changer: A person who changes something
• classically: In the manner of Greek and Roman culture
• nonlinear: Not in a line or straight progression
• cad: Man who acts badly to women