Vocabulary

• catch up: To become equal with another person
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• valley girl: A stereotypical young woman from the San Fernando Valley in California, characterized as materialistic, superficial, and using a distinctive slang.
• by default: Automatically, unless the user specifies otherwise.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• not available: Not able to be used or obtained; inaccessible.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• check out
• in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• sarcastic: Being rude and critical
• fraction: Small part of something
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• chill: State of being a little cold
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• plateau: Flat land that is higher than the land around it
• address: Exact street location of a place
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• vary: To change something and make it different
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• cringe: To crouch or move back suddenly, as in fear
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• public: Owned by the government
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• unveil: To remove something's outer covering
• part: Division of a book
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• flagship: Chief one of a related group
• token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• datum: Item of factual information
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• browser: Software that lets you search for information
• disappointing: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• singularity: Quality that makes something unusual or odd
• robotic: Concerning mechanical robots
• cache: (Weapons etc.) which are hidden away illegally
• bedtime: Time you go to bed