Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• at least: As a minimum
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• profound mutual sympathy: A deep and shared understanding and compassion between two or more people.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• the whole story: The complete and unabridged account of something.
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reckless: Being dangerous and not caring about the results
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• creature: Animal of any type
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• fill: To make something full
• wrist: Part where your hand joins your arm
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• ignorance: Lack of information or knowledge about something
• ankle: Region or joint between the foot and the leg
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• fore: (In combination) before; in the front part
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.