Vocabulary

• slow down: To reduce the speed
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• buy time: To delay an action to allow more time for preparation.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• lay out: To show or explain your plans carefully
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• respond: To answer something or someone
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• peninsula: Narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• replace: To use instead of something else
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• swarm: Large group of flying insects moving together
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• barter: To exchange objects without exchanging money
• flammable: Burning quickly and easily
• bottleneck: Become narrow, like a bottleneck
• columnist: Person writing articles in a newspaper or magazine