Vocabulary

• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• of sorts: Of a kind, but not a very good one.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• write out: To write something in full instead of using abbreviations or symbols.
• have to: Must do
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• amount: Quantity of something
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• tick: To function properly or normally
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• dwindle: To make or become less or smaller gradually
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• pocket: Small cloth bag sewn into clothing to hold things
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• tool: Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• weirdly: In an odd or strange way
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• visibly: So as to be seen or noticed
• lastly: In conclusion; at the final part of something
• phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
• kitchen: Place where food is cooked
• timer: Device measure the amount of time that has gone by
• mini: Small British car