Vocabulary

• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• set off: To start a journey
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• red flag: A warning sign or signal of danger or a problem.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• deliberate: Carefully thought out in advance
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• instinctively: Through intuition, not thought
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• depth: Distance below a surface
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• documentary: Supported by written evidence
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• hoax: Act intended to deceive or trick
• clam: Kind of shellfish
• explosive: Tending to show strong emotion suddenly
• dodgy: Slightly dishonest; not quite right
• filmmaker: Person who makes movies; movie producer, director
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• arty: Being or looking artistic, often in an obvious way