Vocabulary

• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• face of adversity: The ability to remain strong and determined when faced with difficulties or challenges.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• come up to: To meet expectations
• at least: As a minimum
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• wrap around: To encircle or surround something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• come forth: To appear; to emerge.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• shed: Small building used for storage
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• venue: Place, area where an event is held or takes place
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• sober: Not drunk
• adversity: Bad or difficult situation or times; trouble
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• invariably: Each time without change; always
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• epiphany: Christian feast celebrating Jesus as an infant
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• ripple: Small gentle low wave on the surface of water, etc.
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• ignorant: Lacking knowledge, awareness or information
• discriminate: To distinguish the differences between things
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• hindsight: Understanding the nature of an event afterwards
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
• bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• macho: Being characterized by being strongly masculine
• timber: Used to warn people that a tree is about to fall
• corny: Silly or sentimental, e.g. because old-fashioned
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• butcher: Store selling meat; person who sells meats
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• pilgrim: Traveler going to a place with religious meaning
• suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
• stoic: Person who can suffer without complaining
• lifeline: Rope or cord used to attach a person to a boat