Vocabulary

• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• go on: To continue doing something
• turn into: To change to become something else
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• escape from reality: To avoid dealing with unpleasant or boring aspects of life.
• deal with
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• drink to: To raise a glass to honor or celebrate someone or something.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• important: Having power or authority
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• empathetic: Exhibiting deep emotional understanding
• orgasm: Moment of most intense pleasure when having sex
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• person: Man, woman or child
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• preach: To write or speak about so as to persuade people
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• potency: Quality or state of being potent; capability
• masturbation: Stimulation of the genitals for sexual pleasure
• masturbate: To emit semen by self-manipulation of the penis
• pelvic: Of the bone joining the hip to the back and legs
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• unhealthy: Being in poor health; sickly