Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• liable for: Legally responsible for something.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• beside the point: Irrelevant; not important to the issue being discussed.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• drive in: To enter a place or area by driving a vehicle.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• behind the wheel: In control of a vehicle; driving.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• afford: To make available, to provide
• cruise: To easily achieve
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• complement: To go with so as to make the whole complete
• fully: Completely or entirely
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• severity: Degree of seriousness of an event or situation
• point: An item to be discussed
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• critically: As part of the process of judging something
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• jam: To block a signal (e.g. radio waves)
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• assist: To help
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• pulse: Regular beating of a heart
• unveil: To remove something's outer covering
• spawn: Product or result of something
• incompatible: Not able to get on, be used together
• flop: To fall heavily, usually in a relaxed manner
• sue: Person's name
• augment: To make something larger, stronger, more effective
• liable: Open to (attack, etc.)
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• datum: Item of factual information
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
• reversal: Change to the opposite, often from good to bad
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• headset: Headphones
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• whiteboard: A white board in a classroom on which you write
• ultrasonic: Having frequencies above those of audible sound