Vocabulary

• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• future self: The person you will become in the future, often used in the context of making decisions that will benefit your future well-being.
• other places: Different locations or areas
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• envious: Wishing you had what someone else has
• emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• important: Having power or authority
• diligent: Showing care, continued effort and hard work
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• envy: Feeling of wanting something that someone else has
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• possibility: Something with a chance of happening or being true
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• incline: To bend the head or body forward
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• manageable: Able to be managed or controlled
• diary: Book in which you write what you did each day