Vocabulary

• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• at least: As a minimum
• in operation: Currently working or functioning as intended.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• piece together: To assemble or put together from fragments or parts.
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• factor: Something that influences a result
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• thrust: To move (e.g. a knife) forcefully towards someone
• verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• part: Division of a book
• wreckage: Remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• lodge: To (provide a place to) stay for a short time
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• datum: Item of factual information
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• cockpit: Area in (plane, boat) where the pilot, driver sits
• runway: Long road where planes take off and land
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• airplane: A machine that flies through the air