Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• make up: To invent or create a story
• look back: To think about past events
• back then: At that time in the past.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• going on: To continue doing something
• for all that: Despite that; even though.
• amounted to: To have reached a total of; to be equal to.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• think back: To recapture the past
• to some extent: Partially; not completely.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• in the works: Being planned or prepared; in progress.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• barely: Only just; just possible
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• fulfill: To finish or provide something successfully
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
• culmination: The point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it reaches this point
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• anymore: No longer; no more
• repay: To do in return for something done for you
• fulfil: To finish or provide something successfully
• finality: Quality of being final or definitely settled