Vocabulary

• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• have to: Must do
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• follow along: To agree to do or act the same as others
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• work out
• start on: To begin or start doing something.
• reach down: To extend one's arm downwards in order to grasp or touch something.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• barely: Only just; just possible
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• conduct: Your behavior
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• adequate: Enough; good enough for what is needed
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• require: To demand that someone does something
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• intention: Aim or purpose
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• caveat: Warning or caution in a legal document
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• nasal: Concerning, used for, or relating to the nose
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• palate: Roof of the mouth
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• hyper: Very excited or active
• great: Very good; better than before
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• oral: Concerning the mouth
• resonance: Continuing to make a loud clear deep sound
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• diaphragm: Muscular membrane separating upper/lower organs
• vibration: Shaking motion
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• weak: Not having a strong character
• glide: To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
• vocal: Expressing an opinion publicly in a loud way
• northern: In or toward the north
• semi: A prefix meaning 'half'
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• glottal: Concerning or produced by the vocal cords
• pathologist: Scientist studying disease or dead bodies