Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• going on: To continue doing something
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• drill down: To examine something in detail; to analyze deeply.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• go away: To go on vacation
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• at least: As a minimum
• regardless of
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• amount: Quantity of something
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• shift: To change in position or direction
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• shrink: To become smaller
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• plateau: Flat land that is higher than the land around it
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• couple: To join something to something else
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• mechanic: A person who looks after/works with machinery
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• automation: Use of machines to do tasks once done by people