Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• simmer down: To become calmer and less excited or angry.
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• on target: Achieving the desired results or goals; accurate.
• map out: To plan or arrange something in detail.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• go south: To travel or move towards the south.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• in terms of
• against all odds: Despite having very little chance of succeeding.
• live through: To experience something difficult or painful and survive it.
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• grasp: Person's control over something
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• motivational: Concerning motivation
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• greatness: Property of outstanding importance or eminence
• shut: To stop being open for business
• concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• simmer: To cook or be cooked so that it is just boiling
• festival: Cultural event with a program of events
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• cop: Slang for police officer
• underway: Happening now
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• aerial: Being done, living or seen in the air
• whale: To strike forcefully, e.g. as a punishment
• vogue: Fashion, a popular item
• pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• solemnly: In a grave and sedate manner
• regressive: Returning to a former less advanced state
• takeoff: A composition imitating someones artistic work
• hindu: Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• karat: Unit measuring purity of gold/weight of diamond
• gaga: Mentally incapable, through age