Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at bay: Kept at a distance; held back.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• off the hook: Released from an obligation or responsibility.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in truth: In fact; actually; really
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• pretty much anything: Almost everything; nearly all things.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• face up to: To gather your courage to deal with (a problem)
• extent to which: The degree to which something is true or likely to happen.
• in the hope of: With the expectation or desire for something to happen.
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• have to: Must do
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• simultaneously: At the same time; all together
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• prospect: Opportunity or chance for success
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• flattering: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• marijuana: Illegal drug that is made from hemp
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• outright: In a complete manner; totally
• person: Man, woman or child
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• fill: To make something full
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• manic: Very excited in an almost uncontrollable way
• righteous: Regarding what you think is right
• cylinder: Tube shape with flat ends
• wretched: Being very unhappy and ill
• identification: (Card or paper) that proves who a person is
• unsettling: To upset; making someone feel uneasy
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine