Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• off the table: No longer being considered or discussed.
• at least: As a minimum
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• business: A company formed for making profit
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• combustion: An act or instance of burning
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• sigh: Breathing out to show boredom or disappointment
• engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• town: Small city
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• table: Diagram that shows data in rows and columns
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels