Vocabulary

• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• cold shoulder: To deliberately ignore someone.
• stop from: To prevent someone from doing something; to hinder or obstruct.
• left out: To forget; omit
• beef up: To be made stronger and stronger
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• Easier said than done: More difficult than it appears to be.
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• write down: To record in writing
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• as such: Something previously stated or understood
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• map out: To plan or arrange something in detail.
• ahead of time: Before the scheduled time; early.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• section: A part of a whole
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• irrational: Not sensible or reasonable; illogical
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• proactive: Acting to head off anticipated future problems
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• dire: (E.g. of consequences) very serious
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• part: Division of a book
• tweet: Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
• negativity: Tendency to deny or resist suggestions or commands
• psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
• indistinguishable: Exactly alike; not able to be seen as different
• exclusion: Act of preventing someone from taking part
• triathlon: Distance race where you swim, ride a bike, and run
• ingrain: To be deeply attached or fixed in
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair