Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• compete in: To take part in a contest or competition.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• pass down: To give something to someone younger than you in your family, often after you die.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• check out
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• mental: Concerning the mind
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• performance: Act of doing something
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• spinal: Concerning the spine or nerves in your back
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• static: Concerning electricity that collects on a surface
• area: Amount of measured space
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
• training: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
• happen: To take place or occur
• effectiveness: Degree of how well something works or is done
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• rink: A ice playing area for ice hockey or curling
• rehearsing: To practice a play/speech etc. before a performance