Vocabulary

• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• much lighter: Considerably less heavy.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• wrap around: To encircle or surround something.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strength: Condition of being strong
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• valuable: Being useful or important
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• factor: Something that influences a result
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• option: A choice
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• preference: Something that is liked/wanted more than another
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
• mobility: Ability to move
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• nifty: Very good or useful; clever; effective
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
• hamstring: Great tendon behind the leg and below the buttocks