Vocabulary

• come from: To have as your native country or city
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• set up
• such as: For example; like
• assembly plants: Factories where products are assembled from component parts.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• break out
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• go on: To continue doing something
• automotive industry: The sector of industry involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales of motor vehicles.
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• drill down: To examine something in detail; to analyze deeply.
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• by nature: Inherently; by one's character or disposition.
• pull for: To support or hope strongly for someone's success.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• lead to: To result in some action
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• hurdle: Small fence a person or horse jumps over in a race
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• require: To demand that someone does something
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• act: To behave in a certain way
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• own: To have something as your property
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• loathe: To dislike someone or something greatly; detest
• petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
• transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• tier: One of the rising rows of seats, e.g. in a stadium
• semiconductor: Silicon chip used in computers
• sew: To make something using a needle and thread
• dependence: Relying on someone for (e.g. financial) support
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• chassis: Supporting frame of a structure, esp. a car
• automotive: Concerning cars
• wiper: A mechanical device that cleans the windshield