Vocabulary

• tie in: To make a connection to bring two things together
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• pull on: To put on a piece of clothing quickly and easily.
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• in places: In some locations but not others
• stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• have to: Must do
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• express: To send something by fast mail
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• fabric: Cloth or material
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• integral: Being an essential part of something; necessary
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• favor: Support or approval from people
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• century: Period of 100 years
• mainstream: Prevailing current of thought
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• workout: Energetic exercise
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• waist: Narrower part of your body between hips and chest
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• workforce: The total number of working people
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• discourse: The study of how we write and speak
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• silhouette: Image/drawing showing only the outline, as of head
• datum: Item of factual information
• impractical: Not useful or realistically possible
• inconvenient: Causing difficulty, discomfort, or problems
• sac: Bag-like part of an animal or plant
• hem: Edge of a cloth folded and stitched down