Vocabulary

• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on the contrary: In contrast; from the opposite standpoint
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• decade: Period of 10 years
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• shrink: To become smaller
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
• glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• slump: To sit, lean or fall down because tired or ill
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• trend: Current style or fashion
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• quarter: 25 cents
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• profitable: Being useful; benefiting someone or something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• own: To have something as your property
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• workforce: The total number of working people
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• parcel: A package or box wrapped in paper sent in the mail
• correspondence: Quality of similarity or equality
• await: To keep ready for future needs
• online: Connected to the internet
• mailbox: A box for putting or receiving mail, emails