Vocabulary

• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• go on: To continue doing something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• shake on it: To agree on something by shaking hands.
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• have to: Must do
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• past it: No longer capable or effective due to age or declining condition.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• off the grid: Not depending on public utilities, especially the supply of electricity.
• drop off: To leave someone, something somewhere
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• regardless of
• descend on: To visit someone or a place unexpectedly and often in large numbers.
• stand over: To watch or supervise others closely, like a boss
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• this day and age: The present period or modern times.
• up the wazoo: In large amounts or to excess.
• phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
• interact with
• go away: To go on vacation
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• happen on: To find or discover by accident.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• business: A company formed for making profit
• teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
• student: Person studying at school
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• great: Very good; better than before
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• person: Man, woman or child
• Internet: Worldwide computer network system
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• big: Popular
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• shareholder: Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• hurting: To cause pain, damage or injury
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
• agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
• call: A order or request for action
• happen: To take place or occur
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• trust: To expect confidently
• organisation: Group of people with a particular purpose
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• shake: To cause someone to be surprised or upset
• happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• possession: State of being under the control of evil spirits
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• affluent: Having plenty of money and possessions
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• unethical: Behaving in a way not meeting moral standards
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• handshake: Act of shaking someone's hand with your own hand
• mantra: Repeated expression, as in Hindu/Buddhist prayers
• babysitting: Caring for children when parents are not home
• hippie: Someone rejecting established culture
• notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)