Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• take it from me: Trust me or believe what I say based on experience.
• fill out: To become fatter
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• stick together: To support each other; remain united.
• off base: Significantly incorrect; misguided.
• have to: Must do
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
• talk: Style of speaking
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• nearer: Closer to where you are than
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• appointment: Job, position or duty that is offered to a person
• receptionist: Person working on the front desk of a hotel, etc.
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• crazy: Mentally ill; mad
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• surprised: Feeling a shock when something unexpected happens
• lie: To be in a horizontal or flat position
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• option: A choice
• urgent: Very important and needing immediate attention
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• exhaust: System of pipes through which gases escape
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• confidential: Entrusted with another's secrets
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• counsel: To listen and give expert advice to someone
• counselor: Person offering professional advice to others
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• reevaluate: To judge the value or something again
• customize: To make, change according to the user's needs