Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• go on: To continue doing something
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• have to: Must do
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• suck in: To inhale or draw something into the mouth or lungs.
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• boot up: To start a computer
• time out: A brief suspension of activity; a pause.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• even out: To become level or uniform.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• snooze: A short light sleep; nap
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• due: When something is required or expected
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• click: To work well with someone or something
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• previously: At an earlier time
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• product: Item that can be bought
• deep: Complex and important
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• fateful: Having an important (bad) effect on future events
• happen: To take place or occur
• showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
• bypass: To go around something; avoid
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• tier: One of the rising rows of seats, e.g. in a stadium
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• widget: Something whose name is forgotten/not known
• opal: Gemstone with lots of different colors