Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• around the corner: Very near; close by.
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think back: To recapture the past
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• despite the fact: In spite of; notwithstanding.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• stand out
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• trade off: Exchange that occurs as a compromise
• lose out
• back then: At that time in the past.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• by definition: Inherently; as an essential quality or characteristic.
• hedge your bets: To reduce risk by taking multiple options or precautions.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• look back: To think about past events
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• temptation: Something making you want to do/have bad thing
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• amount: Quantity of something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• afford: To make available, to provide
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• exception: Something different or not included
• commute: To lessen or shorten a prison sentence
• randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• exploitation: Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
• recurrent: Happening again and again
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• speculative: Not based on sure knowledge; based on intuition
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• punchline: Last line of a joke
• synchronization: Adjustment causing two things to work in unison
• overcrowd: To have too many people or things in
• transformer: Electrical device to change electrical voltage
• recurrence: Happening again (often at regular intervals)