Vocabulary

• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in the green: Having a financial profit or gain.
• rake in: To earn a lot of money quickly and easily.
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• into power: To gain political control or leadership position.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• on to: Toward something; forward
• pay up: To pay money that you owe
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• material: Cloth; fabric
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• atmosphere: Air around us
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• immensely: Very much; greatly; a lot
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• quantity: A large amount of something
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• residue: Left over part after most is taken away
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• product: Item that can be bought
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
• conveyor: Person who conveys (carries or transmits)
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• cardboard: Lightweight paper board
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• rake: Tool used to gather leaves or break up soil
• misplace: To put something in the wrong place
• hopper: Mix of things to be considered or done
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine