Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• things change: Circumstances or situations do not remain constant; they evolve or transform over time.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• at a stroke: With a single action; suddenly and decisively.
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• atmosphere: Air around us
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed
• pile: Large amount of something
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• factor: Something that influences a result
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• civilization: A highly developed society
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• pinpoint: Exact, as of accuracy
• seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• mutually: So as to be shared by two or more people/things
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• pluck: Quality of bravery or determination
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• unit: One apartment in a building
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• median: Being in the middle or average
• acidification: The process of becoming or converting into an acid