Vocabulary

• to do with: To be about something; concern
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• due to: Because of; owing to
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• blue collar: Relating to manual work or workers, especially in industry.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• hone: To improve or perfect (abilities or skills)
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• leave: To go away from; depart
• tale: Story that is not true
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• century: Period of 100 years
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• fusion: Combining various things to make something new
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• equator: Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• yeast: A single-celled fungi used to make bread and beer
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• tickle: Discomfort caused by something touching the skin
• anime: A form of Japanese animation
• racial: Of or relating to race
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• supremacy: State of being greatest or best possible
• segregation: Forced separation of people by race, color etc.
• oat: Widely grown grain eaten as, or used in, food
• uplift: To make someone feel happier or more hopeful
• latte: Espresso coffee filled up with hot milk
• northeastern: Area in both the north and east