Vocabulary

• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• internet access: The ability to connect to the internet.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• don't hold your breath: Used to say something is unlikely to happen soon or at all.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• run with: To take and work with an idea, plan as your own
• off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
• shelf life: The length of time for which an item remains usable, fit for consumption, or saleable.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• at the hands of: By the agency or through the actions of.
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• good riddance: Expression showing relief at someone's departure.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
• for all intents and purposes: In every practical sense; effectively.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• upper crust: The highest social class; the elite.
• against the clock: Rushed and under pressure to meet a deadline.
• at sea
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• passionate: Being easily excited to strong emotions
• poverty: State of being poor
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• shift: To change in position or direction
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• leave: To go away from; depart
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• public: Owned by the government
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• maritime: Concerning sailing, ships
• disparity: Unfair difference between things; inequality
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• deep: Complex and important
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• poetic: Imaginative, descriptive and often emotional
• inflatable: Designed to be filled with air or gas
• online: Connected to the internet
• titan: Person gigantic or great in size or power
• titanic: Concerning great force or power
• submersible: Capable of functioning while submerged
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer