Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• metro area: A densely populated urban area and its surrounding suburbs, economically and socially integrated.
• for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• snow in: To be trapped inside due to heavy snowfall blocking exits.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• fun and games: Enjoyable activities; sometimes used ironically for trouble.
• work out
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in the game: Still involved or active in a competition or situation.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• testing ground: A place or situation where something new is tested.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• float away: To drift or move gently away on water or in the air.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• immerse: To put something in liquid until it is covered
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• workout: Energetic exercise
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• panoramic: Having a full and wide view of something
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• cyber: Concerning the internet
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• intertwine: To wind together; to cause to be wound together
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• augment: To make something larger, stronger, more effective
• datum: Item of factual information
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• simulator: Machine simulating an environment for training
• unplug: To pull out the plug of (electrical appliances)
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• automobile: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• metro: Underground railway or subway
• northern: In or toward the north
• triple: Group or set of three
• headset: Headphones