Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in terms of
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• hand out: To distribute papers (often in class)
• go on: To continue doing something
• get at: To criticize someone, often personally
• lie back: To rest in a reclining position on one's back.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• initial: First letter of your given name
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• point: An item to be discussed
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• wrist: Part where your hand joins your arm
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• pulse: Regular beating of a heart
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• shrug: To raise the shoulders to show you don't care
• examination: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• tremor: Trembling/shaking from body weakness, stress, etc.
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• come: To arrive at a place
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• stethoscope: Medical instrument to detect sounds in the body
• cock: Adult male chicken
• gill: Part of a fish's body it uses to breathe