Vocabulary

• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• with time: As time passes; eventually.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• performance: Act of doing something
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• point: An item to be discussed
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• fulfil: To finish or provide something successfully