Vocabulary

• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• clear up: To tidy things away, e.g. dirty dishes after meal
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• fun and games: Enjoyable activities; sometimes used ironically for trouble.
• crash and burn: To fail completely and suddenly.
• peel out: To accelerate a car quickly, causing tires to screech.
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• military: Army or armed forces
• blast: To attack someone with words
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• option: A choice
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• debut: First performance, appearance, e.g. of opera star
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• public: Owned by the government
• postpone: To schedule for a later time
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• abrupt: Very sudden, often in a bad way
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• person: Man, woman or child
• deep: Complex and important
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• part: Division of a book
• airborne: Being in the air
• milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• inaudible: Impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear
• communism: Political system with state-controlled industry
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• pentagon: A five-sided shape
• hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
• antibody: Substance produced by the body to fight disease
• tether: To restrain with a rope; tie down; tie up
• salamander: Amphibian resembling a lizard
• weld: To bring things together in close association
• newt: Small salamander that lives mostly in water
• racer: Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds