Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• thankful for: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
• straighten out: To resolve a problem or difficulty; to clarify a misunderstanding.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• of modest means: Having limited or moderate financial resources.
• zero in: To focus on a target
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• go west: To die or become completely unusable or broken.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• on God: Used to solemnly swear or emphasize truthfulness.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• set up
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• bring to: To make someone to wake up from being unconscious
• at least: As a minimum
• of old: From a long time ago; in the past.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• a good portion: A significant or substantial amount of something.
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• book on: A book about a particular subject.
• within reach: Close enough to be grabbed or used.
• in terms of
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• wish away: To try to get rid of something by wishing it gone.
• take good care: To look after someone or something well; ensure their well-being.
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• valuable: Being useful or important
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• amateur: Someone doing an activity for pleasure, not a job
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• complaint: Saying something is wrong and should be changed
• temple: A flat area on the side of the forehead
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• marketplace: Place where a public market is held