Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• crack on: To continue doing something, especially working, with energy and enthusiasm.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• have to: Must do
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• get round: To persuade someone to let you do what you want
• in terms of
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• town: Small city
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• close: Almost; near
• small: Little in size; not big
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• talk: Style of speaking
• plane: An airplane
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
• air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
• railway: System of tracks on which trains travel
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
• network: Group of computers connected to each other
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
• speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• total: Whole number or amount of something
• rail: To complain or object forcefully
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• huge: Very very large
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
• heavily: In a slow, loud manner
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• resistant: Not affected by something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• outline: Line around the outer edge of something
• suspension: Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• metropolitan: Concerning a very large city
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• propose: To make an offer of marriage
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• environmentally: So as to affect the environment/the natural world
• construct: To build or create something
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• disruptive: Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• elevated: To make something higher
• hyperloop: A proposed system of transportation using pods traveling at high speeds in a low-pressure tube.
• capsule: Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
• syringe: Device with a needle to take blood/inject drugs
• hoverboard: A self-balancing personal transporter consisting of a platform for the feet mounted on two wheels.
• compressor: Mechanical device that compresses gasses
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• reusable: Able to be used or got again; sustainable
• pneumatic: Filled with air; working by air pressure
• sonic: Concerning sound, its waves, and speed
• paypal: An online payment system that allows users to send and receive money electronically.
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• ridiculously: Extremely; so much so that people might laugh
• velocity: Speed in a given direction