Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• hold up to: To withstand or endure something unpleasant or difficult.
• at a cost: Involving loss or sacrifice.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• material: Cloth; fabric
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• pile: Large amount of something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• leave: To go away from; depart
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
• ecstatic: Showing or feeling great pleasure or delight
• replace: To use instead of something else
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• product: Item that can be bought
• seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• part: Division of a book
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• gel: Thick substance, similar to jelly
• bamboo: Long light Asian plant with strong, empty stems
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• nee: Used to show original name of married woman