Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• face down: To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• crack on: To continue doing something, especially working, with energy and enthusiasm.
• collect dust: To lie unused and accumulate dust over time.
• extended period: A long duration of time.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• aside from
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• night and day: Continuously; all the time.
• hole punch
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• regardless of
• with the exception of: Excluding; not including.
• used up: To use all of; consume
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• mess around: To cheat on your partner with another lover
• out of the box: Thinking in an original or creative way.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• by default: Automatically, unless the user specifies otherwise.
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• create with: To use specific tools, materials, or techniques in the process of creating something.
• have to: Must do
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• dial in: To connect to a computer network or system remotely, typically using a modem.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• on time
• get between: To just do well enough to pass, e.g. a course
• pretty solid: Quite strong, reliable, or convincing.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• phone in: Call someone by phone, often to report or notify remotely.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• phone up: To make a telephone call to someone.
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• versatile: Having many uses or skills
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• performance: Act of doing something
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• downside: Negative aspect of something
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• mobile: Able to be moved or able to move
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• flagship: Chief one of a related group
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• customize: To make, change according to the user's needs
• software: Computer applications and systems
• price: Person's name
• main: Most important; most often used
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• photography: Art of taking pictures with a camera
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• durability: Product made to withstand repeated use
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• android: Robot that looks or seems human
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• pixel: Small element forming image on TV/computer screen
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• telephoto: Photograph made with a telephoto lens
• hz: Unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves