Vocabulary

• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• pull ahead: To move in front, e.g. in a race
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• in terms of
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• require: To demand that someone does something
• fart: To break wind; to emit gas from the anus
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• soak: To make something completely wet
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• almond: Type of long flat nut
• lactose: Sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
• dilute: To make something weaker or less efficient
• daily: Happening every day
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• land: Region or country
• potassium: A common, soft, silvery white metal with many uses
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• fortify: To protect against military attack, as with walls
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• nutritious: Providing nourishment; good to include in the diet
• skim: To remove fat, etc. from the top of a liquid
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• barrage: Continued fire of weapons or verbal utterances
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• oat: Widely grown grain eaten as, or used in, food
• soybean: Edible seed widely used to make sauce, in cooking
• fibre: Thin natural thread that can be used to make yarn
• beta: Test version of a product or software