Vocabulary

• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• regardless of
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• next to: Being located along side another
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• have to: Must do
• got to: To arrive at some place
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• on this side of: Located or situated at this particular side or part of something.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• fire up: To motivate or encourage someone
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• console: To make someone feel better in times of distress
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• important: Having power or authority
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• piece: A counter in a board game
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• compartment: Enclosed part used to hold particular thing
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• vibration: Shaking motion
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• slot: A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• bracket: Placement of a word or words within ( ) [ or ]
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• antenna: Antenna; device for receiving radio/ TV signal
• datum: Item of factual information
• main: Most important; most often used
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• warranty: Promise to repair a product that was purchased
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• pry: To try to find out about others' private business
• ram: Heavy device used to break through a door by force
• total: Whole number or amount of something
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• spectral: Of or like a ghost
• putty: Soft substance for fixing glass in windows, etc.
• removable: Able to be taken away or taken off
• watt: Standard unit used to measure electrical power
• motherboard: Main circuit board of a computer