Vocabulary

• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
• think back: To recapture the past
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• zoning out: The act of stopping paying attention and starting daydreaming or thinking about other things.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• recite: To speak aloud a passage from memory
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• master: To gain control over something
• ironic: Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• roadblock: Barrier set up by police to stop traffic
• pasta: Type of Italian food, such as spaghetti