Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• do laundry: To wash clothes and other items, typically in a washing machine.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• update on: To provide the latest information about something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• head out: To leave a place; depart
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
• at least: As a minimum
• go on: To continue doing something
• close out: To sell off or eliminate remaining items or inventory, often at discounted prices.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• narrative: The telling of a story
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• blast: To attack someone with words
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• visualize: To create a picture in your mind of something
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• important: Having power or authority
• sprint: To race or move at full speed
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• hydrate: To give or add water to something or someone
• hop: Dance party
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• piece: A counter in a board game
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• pinpoint: Exact, as of accuracy
• slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
• pivot: Point on which something turns or balances
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• level: Specific height of something
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• datum: Item of factual information
• turnip: Round light-colored root vegetable
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• mince: To grind meat, etc. into very small pieces
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• import: To bring goods from one country into another
• satin: Smooth and shiny cloth sometimes made of silk
• latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
• quarterly: Made, done or occurring four times per year
• phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
• latte: Espresso coffee filled up with hot milk
• analytic: Of the process of detailed reasoning
• exfoliate: To remove layers of skin, etc.