Vocabulary

• set up
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
• in management: Employed in a managerial role or department.
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• make contact with: To initiate communication with someone.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• watch over: To protect or guard someone or something.
• answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
• down to earth: Practical, realistic, and approachable.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• back then: At that time in the past.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on the go: Very busy and active.
• kick in: (Of a medicine, plan, etc.) to start to have an effect; become operative
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• initial: First letter of your given name
• cruise: To easily achieve
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• require: To demand that someone does something
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• futuristic: Concerning futurism
• revolutionize: To completely change so that it is much better
• gadget: Interesting or unusual tool with a practical use
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• public: Owned by the government
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• prototype: A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• annoy: To make someone angry
• barn: Building on a farm where animals or crops are kept
• pedal: Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• pod: Seed container that grows on plants
• setup: Way something is organized or arranged