Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• to the core: Completely; fundamentally; in every aspect.
• dig down: To excavate or dig deeper into the ground.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• picked it up: To acquire or obtain something.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• pass by: To go past someone or something.
• think back: To recapture the past
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• out of reach: Cannot be touched as it is far away
• at most: Not more than; a maximum of.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• live through: To experience something difficult or painful and survive it.
• lean in: To move closer to someone or something, often by bending forward.
• at least: As a minimum
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• mental: Concerning the mind
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• shift: To change in position or direction
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• paradigm: A set of ideas for understanding or explaining
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• grasp: Person's control over something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• neuron: A nerve cell
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• important: Having power or authority
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
• compress: To press tightly together
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• rewire: To put new electricity cables in (a building)
• unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
• chess: Game of mental strategy for two players
• node: A junction point in a network or stem
• outsourcing: To obtain goods or services from outside suppliers
• humankind: All of the living human inhabitants of the earth