Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in terms of
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• on rails: Progressing smoothly and correctly as planned.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• blindly follow: To follow someone or something without questioning or understanding.
• set by: To separate and save for another use or time
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• the whole story: The complete and unabridged account of something.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• play off: An extra game or period of play in a competition, played to decide the winner when two or more competitors are tied.
• going on: To continue doing something
• can of worms: A situation or subject that is complicated and unpleasant to deal with.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in any case: Whatever happens; regardless of what has happened or may happen.
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• go to ground: Hide or disappear to avoid capture or trouble.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• leave: To go away from; depart
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• constructive: Having positive effective results
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• quantum: The smallest unit or amount of energy
• deterrent: Something stopping people wanting to do something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• part: Division of a book
• invoke: To appeal for help/protection to higher authority
• angle: Place where two lines or surfaces meet
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• rum: Alcoholic liquor made from molasses/sugar cane
• recoil: To quickly move away from something shocking
• electron: A negatively charged particle
• deport: To force a person to leave a country
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)
• causal: Showing the direct reason for something
• predetermine: To decide or determine ahead of time
• deterministic: Happening as an inevitable result of a prior cause
• determinism: Theory that all events are consequences of causes
• supercomputer: Very powerful computer