Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• get across: To communicate (something) clearly and effectively.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in moderation: Not excessively; with restraint.
• after the fact: Happening or known later than the actual event.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• by any stretch of the imagination: Not true or possible under any circumstances.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• free rein: Complete freedom to act or make decisions as one wishes.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• in terms of
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• take the liberty: To do something without asking permission first.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• for sake of: For the purpose or benefit of something or someone.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• amount: Quantity of something
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• intention: Aim or purpose
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• couple: To join something to something else
• respond: To answer something or someone
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• reception: Front desk area of an organization or building
• tribe: Racial group united by language, religion, customs
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• allocate: To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
• attest: To state or confirm that something is true or real
• unit: One apartment in a building
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• proponent: Person who supports or argues for something
• discrete: Separate; composed of distinct parts
• rein: Control; limitation
• developmental: Concerning the development or growth
• online: Connected to the internet
• bulldog: Short, muscular short-haired dog with square head