Vocabulary

• wake up: To stop sleeping
• going on: To continue doing something
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• got to: To arrive at some place
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• harness: To capture the power of something
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• frequency: Number of repetitions of (radio or sound) wave
• array: A regular order or arrangement of things
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• naturally: In the expected or usual way
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• mayhem: Scene or situation that involves much violence
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• devise: To think of and plan something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• blossom: Flower from a tree, often one appearing in spring
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• happen: To take place or occur
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• conversion: Switch from one thing (e.g. religion) to another
• bipolar: (Disorder) exhibiting extremes of behavior
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• cohesion: State of being logical and well-organized
• formative: Having a long-term effect; giving form or shape
• synaptic: Concerning or involving synapses
• electron: A negatively charged particle
• buttercup: Small yellow flower
• theta: 8th letter of the Greek alphabet