Vocabulary

• look back: To think about past events
• have to: Must do
• on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• belief system: A set of principles or tenets which together form the basis of a religion, philosophy, or moral code.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• barely: Only just; just possible
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• host: Mass; a great number
• lactose: Sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
• land: Region or country
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• partner: One you have a business/personal relationship with
• intolerant: Narrow-minded and will not accept other opinions
• stew: To cook meat or vegetables in hot water
• marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
• historical: Connected with the past
• sensitivity: Quality of being easily hurt emotionally
• mint: Candies with the taste of mint
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• cheetah: Fast large spotted cat found in Africa and Asia
• kid: Child or young person
• oasis: Place in a desert where there is water
• rye: Type of grain used to make flour for certain bread
• nordic: Of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Iceland
• neon: Gaseous element used in electric lamps and signs
• saffron: Bright orange-red colored flower
• risotto: Rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with cheese