Vocabulary

• hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• at least: As a minimum
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal with
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• have to: Must do
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• atmosphere: Air around us
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• account: An advantage
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• pavement: Surface next to a road for people to walk on
• ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
• vegetation: (Of plants) to grow in an area (without humans)
• dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• arid: Being very dry and lacking water
• atmospheric: Concerning or located in the air around us
• triple: Group or set of three
• oceanic: Concerning the ocean
• barefoot: (Walking) without shoes
• phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
• unrelenting: Non-stop; without stopping
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area
• homelessness: Having no home; living on the streets