Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• have to: Must do
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at the most: No more than; maximum amount or degree.
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• cut and run: To leave suddenly to avoid trouble or an unpleasant situation.
• without knowing: Unaware; without being conscious of something.
• happy ending: A conclusion to a story, play, movie, etc., in which everything turns out well for the protagonists.
• deal with
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• newspaper: Sheets of paper (or online) containing the news
• love: Person's name
• closeness: A feeling of being intimate and belonging together
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• summer: Part of the year when the weather is hot
• tomorrow: The time that is to come; the future
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• partner: One you have a business/personal relationship with
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• blog: To read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• rumor: To gossip; to tell a story about other people
• vary: To change something and make it different
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• acquaintance: Person that you know but isn't a good friend
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• heartache: Intense sorrow caused by loss, e.g. of a loved one
• fling: To move yourself or a part of your body with force
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• cringe: To crouch or move back suddenly, as in fear
• inbox
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• shortcut: A route that is shorter than the normal
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• protocol: Written agreement between countries
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful