Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• in check: Under control; restrained.
• in terms of
• at scale: In large quantities; with significant reach or impact.
• at least: As a minimum
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• behind with: Having failed to pay money that is owed at the time you should have.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• divvy up: To divide and distribute.
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• veteran: Person experienced through long service
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• formidable: Powerful; causing fear and deserving respect
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• installment: One of many payments you have to make
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• semiconductor: Silicon chip used in computers
• unable: Not being able to do something
• constrain: To make someone do something by strong persuasion
• domestically: With respect to your own country
• foundry: Factory making metal objects, e.g. for machinery
• juggernaut: Unstoppable force, campaign, movement, or object
• nanometer: One billionth of a meter