Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• tie up: To be occupied or engaged in something
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• full tilt: At full speed or with maximum effort.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• at full tilt: Doing something with full speed or energetic effort.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• spot: A certain place or area
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• strike: To hit something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• decade: Period of 10 years
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• veteran: Person experienced through long service
• ambassador: Official representing a country in another country
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• point: An item to be discussed
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• incremental: Happening or growing bit by bit over time
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• defective: Having a defect; faulty
• precarious: Not secure; likely to fall over/off; dangerous
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• ethos: Guiding principles of a group
• employ: To use something for a specific task
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• rouge: Makeup that makes your cheeks pinker or red
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.