Vocabulary

• in charge: To be responsible for
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• have to: Must do
• on site: At the location of a particular activity or project.
• two halves: Two equal parts of something.
• reinforced concrete: Concrete in which metal bars or mesh are embedded to increase its tensile strength.
• at least: As a minimum
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• next to: Being located along side another
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• being creative: The state of using imagination or original ideas to create something.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• radically: Completely or extremely
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• spatial: About space
• creative: Having the ability to make something new
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• comfy: In a position that feels just right
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• tame: Not wild; trained to obey people
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• sphere: Area of interest or activity
• demolish: To destroy completely (e.g. an idea, a building)
• insulation: Material that is used to prevent heat, etc. passing
• subsidy: Money paid to keep the cost or price affordable
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• live: To be alive
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• den: Home of some types of wild animals
• cube: Solid object that has six square sides
• skate: Flat sea fish