Vocabulary

• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• grit: Strong determination
• persistence: Determination to keep doing even if it is hard
• important: Having power or authority
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• knock: Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
• officially: According to what is stated by an authority figure
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• awhile: For a while; for a short time
• impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
• toughness: State of being physically and mentally tough