Vocabulary

• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• draw up: To create a formal document
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• under pain of: With the threat of punishment if not followed.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• narrative: The telling of a story
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• account: An advantage
• forward: Toward what is ahead; in front
• identical: The same in every way
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• verdict: Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
• quit: To leave a job
• confiscate: To take something away from someone as punishment
• farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
• inspection: Official examination to make sure everything is ok
• alternatively: (Used when suggesting another choice)
• ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
• metabolize: (Of the body) to convert food into energy
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• calamity: An event that causes great harm or distress
• heartbreak: Great sorrow caused by e.g. death of loved one