Vocabulary

• go on: To continue doing something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• have to: Must do
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• lead to: To result in some action
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• have a heart: Show mercy or compassion to someone.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• punch in: To record the time of arrival at work on a time clock.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• calorie intake: The amount of calories consumed through food and beverages.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• find out about: To look for information to learn about it
• going on: To continue doing something
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• intake: Amount of something that a person's body consumes
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• ingest: To eat, drink, or swallow something
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• sodium: A soft, white chemical element
• important: Having power or authority
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• celery: Long hard thin green vegetable
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• daily: Happening every day
• license: To give official permission to do something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• burn: To destroy with fire
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• magnesium: Silver, white metal burning with a white flame
• synthesize: To combine different things into a new form
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• calculator: A small electronic device used for calculation
• zinc: Bluish white metal used in making brass
• jog: To run at a steady, slow pace
• bran: Grain husk that contains high fiber content
• synthesized: To combine different things into a new form
• margarine: Butter substitute made from food oils
• washroom: Lavatory (e.g. a lavatory in a public place)
• poly: Multiple; many