Vocabulary

• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• sign out: To leave an online service you are using
• lights up: Third-person singular present tense of to illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• Easier said than done: More difficult than it appears to be.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• on the scene: Present at a location, especially where something has happened.
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• require: To demand that someone does something
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• seek: To ask someone for help
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• blow: To move something using air
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• trend: Current style or fashion
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• minimalist: Emphasizing extreme simplification in form
• tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• yearn: To strongly desire something or someone
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• live: To be alive
• incessant: Happening or continuing without a pause or stop
• detox: Hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified
• morph: (Of computer animation) to gradually change shape