Vocabulary

• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• lead to: To result in some action
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• muddle through: To manage to do something without much skill or planning.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mend: To repair or put into good shape or working order
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• important: Having power or authority
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• audio: Concerning sound
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• elderly: Being very old
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• gentle: Kind and quiet in nature; not harsh or violent
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• transplant: A medical operation to replace organs of the body
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother
• unhappiness: Feeling of sadness