Vocabulary

• update on: To provide the latest information about something.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• land on: To come down to the ground or another surface after flying or falling.
• out of this world: Extremely good or impressive; extraordinary.
• hit the road: To begin a journey; to leave.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• improve upon: To make something better than it already is; to enhance or build upon an existing thing.
• check out
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• scare up: To find or obtain something, often with some difficulty.
• easy as pie: Something very simple or easy to do.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• military: Army or armed forces
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fully: Completely or entirely
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• great: Very good; better than before
• land: Region or country
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• afterward: Happening after something else happened
• lantern: Light in a glass box that can be carried
• pumpkin: Large roundish orange fruit that can be eaten
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• blot: To remove a spot by putting absorbent material on