Vocabulary

• burn out: To overwork to mental or physical exhaustion
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• go at it: To start doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
• write down: To record in writing
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• at least: As a minimum
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• perseverance: Act of continuing to try despite difficulties
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• performance: Act of doing something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• thigh: Upper part of a bird's leg, e.g. eaten as food
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• arsenal: Place where weapons are stored
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• intangible: (Of goods) not physical and unable to be touched
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• quit: To leave a job
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• arena: Place to watch sports, performances, entertainment
• pavement: Surface next to a road for people to walk on
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• differential: Different, as in treatment; discriminatory