Vocabulary

• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• stick together: To support each other; remain united.
• for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• split up: To break up your marriage or relationship
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• in check: Under control; restrained.
• set up
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on the basis of: Because of; using as a reason or justification.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• silly: Careless
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• gratification: Pleasure; happiness; satisfaction
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• conscience: Ability to sense what is right or wrong
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• relic: Valuable, ancient thing or work of art
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• point: An item to be discussed
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• marshmallow: Spongy candy made of gelatin and sugar