Knitting Woes

I am currently trying to knit a sweater, in my free spare time, of course. I come across this pattern lingo of work even. I have no idea what this means, and am having a hard time trying to figure out how to proceed. If anyone please respond as I love knitting, but am getting rather stressed out about it. I never knew knitting could be so challenging. Someone needs to set up a knitting course or teach it, because I know I am not the only one who is stuggling with this pattern lingo, and books will only take you so far. So please HELP me! Thank You.