Vocabulary

• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• furious with: Extremely angry about something or someone.
• furious about: Extremely angry about something.
• in and of themselves: By their own nature; independently considered.
• electricity bill: A bill specifying the amount of money owed for electricity consumption.
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• beyond the pale: Outside the bounds of acceptable behavior; outrageous.
• sense of entitlement: The belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• have to: Must do
• in order that: With the purpose or intention that.
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• utterly: Completely
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• spot: A certain place or area
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• annoying: To make someone angry
• fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• afford: To make available, to provide
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• furious: Extremely angry
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• initially: At first; originally
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• pile: Large amount of something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• deception: Use of trickery to make someone believe an untruth
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• petty: Small and unimportant; small-minded
• pornography: Pictures or stories that stimulate sexual desire
• part: Division of a book
• problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
• arrogance: Rude manner from belief you are better than others
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• brittle: Easily broken, cracked, or snapped
• manic: Very excited in an almost uncontrollable way
• metaphorically: In a metaphorical manner
• cynicism: Belief that bad motivates things/people are bad
• stutter: To speak hesitatingly with repeated sounds
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• eyelid: The skin that covers the eyes when you close them
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• employ: To use something for a specific task
• long: Person's name
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• sad: Unhappy; wishing something hadn't happened
• news: Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events