Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• under wraps: Kept secret or confidential.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• black and white
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• from cradle to grave: Covering someone’s entire life, from birth to death.
• cradle to grave: From birth to death; encompassing an entire lifespan.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in detail: Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• not available: Not able to be used or obtained; inaccessible.
• speed up: To move more quickly
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• subsequent: Happening after; later
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• respect: To follow the established rules
• poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• cradle: Small bed for a baby, with rockers and sides
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• crumb: Small drop of food, usually of bread or cake
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• closeness: A feeling of being intimate and belonging together
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• romance: To court someone into a love relationship
• cloth: Piece of material used for cleaning, etc.
• psychoanalysis: Analysis of the mind or mental state