Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• have to: Must do
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• such as: For example; like
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• book on: A book about a particular subject.
• turn off
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• light on: To illuminate something.
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• going on: To continue doing something
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• mom: A slang term for mother
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• cookie: A flat, round sweet baked food
• dad: Another word for father
• talk: Style of speaking
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• call: A order or request for action
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• song: Distinctive series of sounds made by a bird
• add: To include as well
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• quitting: To leave a job
• quit: To leave a job
• feeling: Sensation or emotion you experience
• unhealthy: Being in poor health; sickly
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• tracking: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• blow: To move something using air
• act: To behave in a certain way
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• willingness: Cheerful agreement to do something
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• conduct: Your behavior
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• data: Facts or information used to calculate or analyze
• smoker: Device that exposes food to smoke as it cooks
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• reversing: To drive a vehicle backward
• tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
• acceptance: Act of accepting; agreement to accept
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• randomized: To arrange in a random order
• workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
• trek: Slow or difficult journey
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• craving: To have a very strong desire for something
• willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• caring: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• futility: Quality, state of being useless or without result
• triathlon: Distance race where you swim, ride a bike, and run
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• hotline: Telephone line that gives direct, fast access
• pesky: Causing irritation or annoyance
• calculus: Branch of math dealing with rates of change, etc.
• jigsaw: Cut up picture on card that you fit back together