Vocabulary

• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• on the ladder: Progressing or climbing toward success or promotion.
• stop in: To visit a place briefly, usually on the way to somewhere else.
• wind up: To be brought to a state of great tension
• climb up: To ascend or move to a higher position by using one's hands and feet.
• have to: Must do
• work out
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• imperative: The state of demanding notice or attention
• instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• section: A part of a whole
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• harness: To capture the power of something
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• leave: To go away from; depart
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• hub: Center of action or interest
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• rear: Part of the human body that you sit on; buttocks
• cramp: Sharp, unexpected pain when a muscle becomes tight
• point: An item to be discussed
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• variable: Having the ability to change or vary
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• metal: Usually hard shiny material mined from rock
• humid: (Of air, weather) containing a lot of moisture
• ladder: Series of levels to go up in society or business
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• helmet: Hard or padded protective hat, as worn by soldiers
• fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• shaft: To ruin the plans or prospects of others
• grate: To shred food into very small pieces
• composite: Made of more than one different part
• generator: Machine that produces electrical power
• turbine: Engine or motor that operates from fluid pressure
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• fibre: Thin natural thread that can be used to make yarn
• rotor: Rotating part of an electrical machine
• ultrasonic: Having frequencies above those of audible sound
• vane: Part of weathervane, device to show wind direction
• gearbox: Car's system of gears