Vocabulary

• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• tiny: Very, very small
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• respond: To answer something or someone
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• myriad: Very large quantity of something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
• public: Owned by the government
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• product: Item that can be bought
• siege: Surrounding an enemy to prevent them getting food
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• famous: Excellent
• long: Person's name
• compress: To press tightly together
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• ad: Public notice or advertisement