Vocabulary

• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• on to: Toward something; forward
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• faculty member: A person who teaches or does research at a college or university.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• in service: Available for use; operational
• age up: To make someone or something appear older than they are.
• cooking with gas: Working efficiently and effectively, making good progress.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• in shape: In good physical condition; fit.
• in perpetuity: Continuing forever without end.
• have to: Must do
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• over the hill: Considered to be too old to perform effectively.
• sit down: To take a seat
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• financial: Involving money
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• leave: To go away from; depart
• faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• important: Having power or authority
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• person: Man, woman or child
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• workforce: The total number of working people
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• part: Division of a book
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• tenure: Land or buildings one owns
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• contingent: Dependent (on); likely to result (from)
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• physicist: Person who studies and works in physics
• potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
• academia: Academic world; universities and their staff
• chronicle: Record of something in time order
• ph: Acidity or alkalinity value of a solution