Vocabulary

• at once: Immediately; without delay
• on the face of it: Based on first impressions; seemingly.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• in any case: Whatever happens; regardless of what has happened or may happen.
• such as: For example; like
• in parallel: Done at the same time; simultaneously.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• store up: To accumulate or collect something for future use.
• like lightning: Very quickly or suddenly.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• strike: To hit something
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• conduct: Your behavior
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• parallel: To be equal to, or like, something else
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• console: To make someone feel better in times of distress
• perpetual: Continuing forever
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• ignite: To catch fire
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• bundle: A group of things that are tied/fastened together
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• bolt: Line of electricity in the sky from lightning
• area: Amount of measured space
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• disintegrate: To cause something to break into very small pieces
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• happen: To take place or occur
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• impractical: Not useful or realistically possible
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• capacitor: Device that can temporarily store electric charge
• southwestern: From the south west