Vocabulary

• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• quiz question: A question asked in a quiz to test someone's knowledge.
• sleep like a log: To sleep very deeply and soundly without disturbance.
• sleep around: To have sex with many different people
• at least: As a minimum
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• block out: To cover so something cannot be seen or heard
• count sheep: To imagine sheep jumping to help fall asleep.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• mental: Concerning the mind
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• require: To demand that someone does something
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• factor: Something that influences a result
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• snore: To make a loud noise while sleeping
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• restless: Worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• evenly: Equally; with advantage to both sides
• latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• chimp: Shortened form of 'chimpanzee'
• gatherer: Person who collects wild food in order to eat
• murmur: Low, continuous indistinct sound