Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• back onto: To reverse a vehicle so it stops at a particular place.
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• white collar: Relating to the work done in an office or other professional environment.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• face out: To have the front or main side directed towards something.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• on call: Available to be summoned for duty, especially in emergencies.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• tuition: Money that is paid for lessons
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• cubicle: Workspace with low walls within an office
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• fill: To make something full
• collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• appliance: Device designed to perform common household tasks
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• asphalt: Hard mixture used to make roads and streets
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• vocational: Concerning the training in special job skills
• technician: Person whose job is to maintain, repair machinery
• liner: Material used to cover the inside surface of
• weld: To bring things together in close association
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• understate: To describe as smaller/less important than reality