Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• coming to you: To approach or arrive at your location
• in honor of: To show respect and admiration for someone or something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• coming after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• out of a job: Without employment; having lost one's job.
• yes and no: An ambivalent or uncertain answer; a response that is neither a clear affirmation nor a clear denial.
• have to: Must do
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• slippery slope: An idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• man's best friend: A dog, considered faithful and loyal to humans.
• set back: To cost someone, often a large amount
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• spike: The top point in a graph
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• fill: To make something full
• stadium: Building with a sports field for watching games
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• business: A company formed for making profit
• portuguese: Concerning the culture and people of Portugal
• tectonic: Denoting or relating to construction or building
• lawsuit: A proceeding in law courts to get a legal decision
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
• rift: Opening made by splitting; a major disagreement
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer