Vocabulary

• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• big gulp: A large swallow or mouthful of a drink.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• lead to: To result in some action
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• manifest: List of cargo on a ship
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• amount: Quantity of something
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• brew: A beer; a drink of beer
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• intake: Amount of something that a person's body consumes
• replenish: To fill up again
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• dehydration: The state of not having enough water
• adenosine: (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• stimulant: Drug that increases physical or mental activity
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• hydrate: To give or add water to something or someone
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
• gulp: To swallow or drink quickly
• overdose: To take too many drugs, so that you might die
• cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• asleep: In a state of sleep; sleeping
• espresso: Strong black coffee made using steam pressure
• nervousness: Feeling of uneasiness or anxiety about something
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'