Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• churn out: To produce something quickly and in large quantities.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• stay afloat: To have enough money to pay what you owe; to survive financially.
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in circles: Moving or going around and around; not progressing.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• cash in: To sell asset to get money back
• chew on: To think carefully about something over a period of time.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• flawless: With no imperfections or errors
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• performance: Act of doing something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• provocative: Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
• exterior: Outside layer or surface
• churn: To turn milk round and round to make butter
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• critique: A review of the quality of a work
• paddle: Long stick with a flat end used to move a boat
• afloat: Remaining on top of a liquid; floating
• glide: To move smoothly and quietly as if without effort
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool