Mastering Advanced Vocabulary for Social and Personal Development

Core Vocabulary: Nature, Nurture, and Development

• NATURE: Qualities inherent in a person; personality traits determined by genetics.
• NURTURE: To take care of, feed, and protect someone or something, especially young children, and help them develop.
• DEPENDS ON: To be affected or determined by someone or something else.
• RAISED / REARED (someone): Brought up or cared for during childhood.
• CHARACTERISTICS: Distinctive features or qualities (e.g., "for our physical characteristics").
• SEPARATION: The state of being apart (e.g., "amazing parallels between their lives, despite their separation").
• YOUNGSTERS: Young people or children.
• EXCELLED: Performed exceptionally well; was a good student.
• (UNDER)ACHIEVING: Failing to succeed or perform up to potential.
• COMPARABLE: Similar or equivalent (e.g., "they also have comparable likes, dislikes and habits").
• UNCANNY: Strange or mysterious, often in an unsettling way.
• WORK OUT: To solve a problem or manage to understand something.
• SITTING: Remaining seated.
• ENHANCE: To improve or make something better.
• UNMANAGEABLE: Wild, difficult to control or manage.
• AVERAGE: Ordinary or typical.
• DECEIVES: Lies to or misleads.
• FORMER: Previous.

Vocabulary for Education and Social Challenges

• TALENTED: Skilful or highly capable.
• DISADVANTAGED: Poor or lacking necessary resources.
• A TEENAGER DROPPED OUT: A teenager decided to stop studying (left school voluntarily).
• BE ENROLLED: To be registered as a student in a course or institution.
• COPE (with): To handle something successfully; to do well in a difficult situation.
• ROAMING THE STREETS / WANDER AROUND THE CITY: Moving around a place without a specific purpose or destination.
• ON THE EDGE OF: Almost at the point of; close to.
• EAGER TO: Full of desire or interest regarding something.
• PULLING SB OUT OF HIS HOME: To take someone out of their current living situation.
• OVERCOME: To deal with and successfully control a problem or feeling.
• GRANT ADMISSION: To officially give or allow someone entry or acceptance.
• SCHOLARSHIPS: An amount of money given to a person by an organization to pay for their education.
• FEES: The amount of money required to be paid (e.g., tuition costs).
• WAR-TORN COUNTRIES: Countries severely damaged by prolonged war.
• MADE NO APOLOGIES FOR: Expressed no regret about an action or statement.
• A LEADING MEMBER OF: One of the most important people in a group or organization.
• A FRESH START: A chance to begin again, often after failure or difficulty.
• COME TOP OF THE CLASS: To receive the highest marks or grades.
• MEET A CHALLENGE: To succeed at a difficult task.
• ENROL IN A TOP SCHOOL: To register for one of the leading educational institutions.
• EXPELLED: Forced out of a school or organization.
• MINORITY: Less than half of a group of people or things.

Behavioral Terms and Phrasal Verbs

Behavior and Feelings

• GETTING INTO TROUBLE: Engaging in behavior that leads to conflict or punishment (e.g., "was always getting into trouble with the staff").
• GRATEFUL: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful.
• NEW-FOUND: Recently discovered or acquired.
• CRITICISED: Judged negatively (e.g., "teachers criticised his behaviour").
• EXCLUSIVE: Limited to a specific person or group of people.

Idioms and Expressions Using "Nothing"

• NOTHING TO LOSE: An action won't cause any harm or negative consequence.
• FOR NOTHING (1): At no cost; free of charge.
• STOP AT NOTHING: To be extremely determined to achieve a goal, regardless of the consequences.
• NOTHING BUT THE BEST: Only the highest quality.
• NOTHING MUCH: Very little.
• FOR NOTHING (2): To no purpose; uselessly.
• NOTHING TO DO WITH: Not connected or related to.
• NOTHING TO IT: Very easy.
• THINK NOTHING OF IT: Used to indicate that thanks are unnecessary; "You're welcome."
• NOTHING DOING: No possibility; absolutely not.

Essential Phrasal Verbs

• DROP OUT: To leave or quit (a school, race, or activity).
• FIND OUT: To discover information.
• GIVE OUT: To distribute.
• TRY OUT: To test or use something experimentally.
• TURN OUT: To happen in the end; to result.
• WORK OUT: To manage to understand or solve.