Vocabulary

• per year: For each year; annually.
• tie in: To make a connection to bring two things together
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• have to: Must do
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• black market: An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of official restrictions.
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• eat in: To have a meal at home instead of going out.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• decade: Period of 10 years
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• huge: Very very large
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• queue: Line of people or cars waiting for something
• surplus: More than is needed or wanted
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• popularity: State of being liked or supported by many people
• occupation: A career or regular job
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• mythical: Based on beliefs unsupported by facts
• admittedly: Used to show (slight or unwilling) agreement
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• resemblance: Being similar in appearance
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• anime: A form of Japanese animation
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• inquisitive: Asking lots of questions; curious
• charcoal: Burnt wood used for fuel/drawing
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• fixture: Item that is part of something for a long time
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• samurai: Japanese warrior from centuries ago
• checklist: List of tasks and things to be checked
• tempura: Deep-fried vegetables and seafood dipped in batter
• multibillion: Many billions