Vocabulary

• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• builds character: To develop positive qualities in someone.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• call it a day: To stop working on something for the rest of the day.
• fire up: To motivate or encourage someone
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• look back: To think about past events
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• cliff: High, vertical or steep surface of rock or ice
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• tutorial: A lesson given to a small group
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• manual: Done by hand (not machine)
• memorize: To study something so that you remember it
• sanity: Normal or sound powers of mind
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• bash: To hit something; to criticize
• summary: Brief, complete and accurate
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• cyber: Concerning the internet
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• paste: To move computer data from one page to another
• dungeon: Dark underground room in a castle used as a prison
• kernel: Central small part or aspect, e.g. of truth
• overflow: (Liquid) to flow over the edge of something
• mute: Not willing or being unable to speak
• bandit: Robber or outlaw belonging to a gang
• roulette: Wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
• debug: To locate and correct errors in a computer program
• byte: Small measurement of computer information