Vocabulary

• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• on this side of: Located or situated at this particular side or part of something.
• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• have to: Must do
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• wardrobe: Stock of clothes belonging to a person
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• auction: To sell to a person offering the highest price
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• tick: To function properly or normally
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• mirror: Thing with glass surface used to look at yourself
• cubicle: Workspace with low walls within an office
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• suitcase: Container for carrying clothes when traveling
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• vent: To express anger or grievance loudly/with feeling
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• part: Division of a book
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• confine: To hold or imprison someone in a place
• unit: One apartment in a building
• chlorine: Greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell
• ventilate: To allow fresh air to enter and circulate in room
• ammonia: Colorless liquid or gas used in cleaning products
• plywood: Building material made of layers of wood
• mama: A mother