Vocabulary

• hand out: To distribute papers (often in class)
• in the process of: During the course of; while something is happening or being done.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at sea
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• buckle down: To apply oneself seriously to a task or problem; to begin to work hard and earnestly.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• going on: To continue doing something
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• meditate: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• act: To behave in a certain way
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
• adrift: Floating without direction; not anchored
• abject: Very great (fear, poverty, loneliness etc.)
• realization: Act of noticing something not noticed before
• pussy: Cat