Vocabulary

• setting off: To start a journey
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• mind frame: A particular way of thinking; a mental attitude or disposition.
• turn off
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• at the point of: Just about to do something or reach a state.
• at least: As a minimum
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• energy level: A measure of a person's physical or mental vitality.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• mental: Concerning the mind
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• repetition: When something occurs again
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• veteran: Person experienced through long service
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• rational: Able to think clearly
• require: To demand that someone does something
• military: Army or armed forces
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• immensely: Very much; greatly; a lot
• divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
• suffering: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• public: Owned by the government
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• vet: Short for 'veterinarian' or 'veterinary surgeon'
• grenade: Hand-held explosive devise
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• calibrate: To adjust an instrument to take exact measurements
• carnage: Destruction and devastation involving human deaths
• overlay: To lay or spread over or across
• ammo: Shortened form of 'ammunition'
• suburbia: Residential area on the outskirts of a city