Vocabulary

• break from: To separate oneself from an association or way of life, typically due to disagreement or disillusionment.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• by the book: According to the rules; strictly
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• at least: As a minimum
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• contemplate: To consider whether you will do something
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• couple: To join something to something else
• foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• quarter: 25 cents
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• brittle: Easily broken, cracked, or snapped
• diaper: Towel/paper for baby's bottom for urine/feces
• shade: Area of darkness when something blocks the light
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• person: Man, woman or child
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• startle: To give someone a shock or surprise
• reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• inch: 1/12th of a foot (2.54 centimeters)
• radius: Area around a certain point
• playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
• humane: Compassionate; thoughtful; acting like a human
• wheelchair: Movable chair mounted on large wheels
• pelvis: Bone joining the hip to Back and legs
• ultrasound: Use of sound waves to therapy or diagnostics