Vocabulary

• carve out: To create or obtain something through effort or skill.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• wipe out: To destroy or be destroyed
• got to: To arrive at some place
• at the helm: In a position of control or leadership.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• local communities: Groups of people living in the same area or having particular characteristics in common.
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• go to ground: Hide or disappear to avoid capture or trouble.
• red hot: Extremely hot; heated to a point of glowing red.
• above ground: Located on or higher than the earth's surface.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• have to: Must do
• push the button: To press a button in order to make something work.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• sober up: To become sober after being drunk.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• blast: To attack someone with words
• flawless: With no imperfections or errors
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• sober: Not drunk
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• civilization: A highly developed society
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• colossal: Being extremely large in size or amount
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• great: Very good; better than before
• critically: As part of the process of judging something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• deep: Complex and important
• contamination: Being impure because of a harmful agent
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• central: Being in the middle
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
• perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• trench: Long narrow hole dug in the ground
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
• helm: Position of control, as when steering a ship
• cartel: Groups united for a common (illegal) action
• radioactive: Emitting harmful energy from nuclear activity
• plume: Bird's feather, especially when colorful
• physicist: Person who studies and works in physics
• blister: To form a painful spot on the skin after rubbing
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• teller: Person who works at a bank front counter
• iodine: Substance used on burns, etc. to prevent infection