Vocabulary

• in buckets: Raining very heavily in large amounts.
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• material: Cloth; fabric
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• exceptionally: In an extremely and unusually good way
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• conscience: Ability to sense what is right or wrong
• carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• murky: Being dark, unclear, and difficult to see through
• bucket: Open container with a handle used to carry liquids
• grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• business: A company formed for making profit
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
• basin: A sink; a place in a bathroom to wash your face
• jewelry: Necklace, ring, etc., often made of gold, etc.
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• mount: To attach something to something else
• conveyor: Person who conveys (carries or transmits)
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• nugget: Small, solid lump (of gold, chicken, wisdom etc.)
• price: Person's name
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• quarry: Large pit in the earth where stone is mined
• gravel: Very small pieces of rock often used to make paths
• sustainably: In a way that can continue over a period of time
• karat: Unit measuring purity of gold/weight of diamond