Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• play hardball: To be uncompromising and aggressive in negotiations or other dealings.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• every single night: Each and every night; without exception.
• get it together: To organize your life and become more responsible.
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• on the couch: Receiving psychotherapy or psychological treatment.
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• mundane: Being ordinary and therefore boring
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• diarrhea: Frequent and watery bowel movements
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• gender: State of being male or female
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• alive: Living; not dead
• restless: Worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• person: Man, woman or child
• stranger: Someone you do not know
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• oatmeal: Cereal made from rolled or ground oats
• lousy: Very poor or bad; disgusting
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• maximum: Largest or highest number or amount of something
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• coaster: Mat placed under a glass to protect furniture
• happen: To take place or occur
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• price: Person's name
• fireplace: Open area in a wall where a fire can be built
• cranky: Easily irritated or annoyed
• diary: Book in which you write what you did each day
• call: A order or request for action
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• handwriting: Way a person's writing looks
• roller: Long round piece of wood for flattening dough
• pen: Small fenced area where people or animals are kept