Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at a cost: Involving loss or sacrifice.
• thin out: To reduce the number of things in a group or area, making them less dense.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• decade: Period of 10 years
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• require: To demand that someone does something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• congestion: Excessive accumulation of blood/fluid in the body
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• point: An item to be discussed
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mount: To attach something to something else
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• tourist: Someone who travels to a place for pleasure
• accentuate: To emphasize a difference; make more noticeable
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• tourism: Visiting to new places, e.g. abroad, for vacations
• unsurprisingly: In an expected manner; predictably
• outdoors: Outside a building; in the open air