Vocabulary

• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• check out
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• regardless of
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
• very top: The highest point or part of something.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• stack up: To compare with something else; measure up.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• the whole story: The complete and unabridged account of something.
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• pull apart: To separate something into pieces, often forcefully.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• at midnight: At twelve o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• at a moment's notice: With very little warning or time before something happens.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• have to: Must do
• by any measure: According to any standard or criterion; in every way.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• decade: Period of 10 years
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• precision: Performed in a very careful, detailed manner
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• cosmetic: Serving a decorative rather than a useful purpose
• spinal: Concerning the spine or nerves in your back
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• datum: Item of factual information
• median: Being in the middle or average
• flap: Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
• fellowship: Friendly feeling or relationship
• reimbursement: Money paid for damages, losses or money spent etc.
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• reconstruction: Process of rebuilding or improving structures