Vocabulary

• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• set up
• hold your horses: To wait and be patient; to not be so fast or impulsive.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• in the rough: In an area of longer grass on a golf course, off the fairway.
• look back: To think about past events
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• gratification: Pleasure; happiness; satisfaction
• pause: To stop doing for a while before continuing
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• lousy: Very poor or bad; disgusting
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• negativity: Tendency to deny or resist suggestions or commands
• bumpy: Being rough, or not smooth
• amazingly: In a surprising and pleasing manner