Vocabulary

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• in style: Fashionable; popular
• next to: Being located along side another
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• push the button: To press a button in order to make something work.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• got to: To arrive at some place
• at war: Engaged in a war; fighting
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• couple: To join something to something else
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• skyscraper: Very tall building with many stories
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• staff: Employees of a company
• public: Owned by the government
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• exile: State of being forced to leave your country
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• adjacent: Being close or near to a border, wall, or point
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• sly: Cleverly hiding the true purpose
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• landmark: Event that marks a change or turning point
• traitor: Person who betrays your country or someone's trust
• multinational: Involving many countries
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory
• plumb: Precisely or exactly
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy