Vocabulary

• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• regardless of
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• strength: Condition of being strong
• strike: To hit something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• account: An advantage
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• clueless: Totally uninformed about what is going on
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• logical: Sensible; reasonable
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• commencement: Time at which something begins
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• dividend: Money given to the owners of stock in a company
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• cohort: Group of students studying something together
• dissertation: An in-depth paper submitted for a higher degree
• electron: A negatively charged particle
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy