Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• set up
• deal with
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• express: To send something by fast mail
• amount: Quantity of something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• sanitation: Water systems that protect people's health
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• leave: To go away from; depart
• commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• hub: Center of action or interest
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• administrative: Concerning managing an organization
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• flagship: Chief one of a related group
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• trespassing: To enter property without permission