Vocabulary

• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• throw on: To put on clothing quickly and carelessly.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• As luck would have it: By chance; fortunately; coincidentally.
• go on: To continue doing something
• in three days: Within a period of three days from now or a reference point.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• work out
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• civilization: A highly developed society
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• instinctively: Through intuition, not thought
• inadequate: Unsatisfactory; not good enough; not enough
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• commencement: Time at which something begins
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• person: Man, woman or child
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• entrepreneurial: Open to new ideas about starting new businesses
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• startup: A company just starting its operations
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• halo: Circle of light
• potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
• bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet