Vocabulary

• moving parts: Components of a machine or device that move to perform a function.
• above ground: Located on or higher than the earth's surface.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• works from: To perform one's job duties from a specific location.
• store up: To accumulate or collect something for future use.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• in the absence of: When someone or something is not present or available.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• at a premium: At a high price or great value; scarce and desirable.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• require: To demand that someone does something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• option: A choice
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
• tease: To purposefully bother an animal
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• public: Owned by the government
• piece: A counter in a board game
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• land: Region or country
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• theft: Act of stealing
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• rugged: (Of mountains) rough and uneven; hard to climb
• vertically: In an up and down position
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• automate: To make automatic by using machines