Vocabulary

• phone book: A book containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a particular area, with their telephone numbers.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• despite the fact: In spite of; notwithstanding.
• contrary to: In opposition to; against.
• stave off: To keep something away; To repel
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the absence of: When someone or something is not present or available.
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• have to: Must do
• free up: To make something available for a particular use.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
• check out
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• fraction: Small part of something
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
• sacred: Worthy of religious worship; very holy
• handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
• hassle: Unpleasant task or chore harder than it should be
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• previously: At an earlier time
• important: Having power or authority
• leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• sync: Short for 'synchronization'
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• insignificant: Being very small or unimportant
• spur: To make your horse go faster
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• ponder: To think about something with great care
• altruistic: Selfless concern for the well-being of others
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• cognitively: With regard to cognition
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• stave: Wooden post used in structures and buildings
• reset: To return to the original start or formation