Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• got to: To arrive at some place
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• see the light: To finally understand something after a period of confusion or ignorance.
• have to: Must do
• civil engineer: An engineer who designs and maintains public works, such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• on demand: Whenever requested or needed.
• screen in: To enclose a space with a screen or mesh.
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• interact with
• check out
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• express: To send something by fast mail
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• chill: State of being a little cold
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• blow: To move something using air
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• envision: To imagine or picture in your mind
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• delusion: False belief despite evidence to the contrary
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• futuristic: Concerning futurism
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• accurately: Exactly and without any mistakes; correctly
• interview: To formally ask questions about a given topic
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• paradoxical: Seemingly contradictory but possibly true
• whimsical: Quaintly humorous; funny in an odd way
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
• antisocial: Avoiding friendly associations with other people
• confine: To hold or imprison someone in a place
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• empowerment: Giving the power to make their own decisions
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• live: To be alive
• datum: Item of factual information
• photography: Art of taking pictures with a camera
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• wireless: Needing no wires to make something operate
• close: Almost; near
• boldly: In a bold or brave way, fearing no consequences
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• foresight: Prudence or ability to foresee future happenings
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• prophetic: Having to do with correctly predicting the future