Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• such as: For example; like
• high time: The appropriate moment or opportunity to do something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• force in: To enter a place by applying physical force.
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• amount: Quantity of something
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• agriculture: The science of farming
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• bundle: A group of things that are tied/fastened together
• product: Item that can be bought
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• burn: To destroy with fire
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• bottle: Container with a narrow neck used to hold liquids
• agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
• producer: Company producing or growing a certain product
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
• dong: Basic unit of money in Vietnam
• newsline: Name of a TV news program