Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• air traffic controller: A person responsible for directing aircraft traffic to ensure safety.
• control tower: A tall tower at an airport from which air traffic controllers can direct aircraft movements.
• en route: On the way; during a journey.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in one year: Within a period of twelve months.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• at least: As a minimum
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• regardless of
• has over: To invite someone to your house.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• commercial flight: A flight operated by an airline for public transport of passengers and cargo, typically on a scheduled basis.
• off and on: Intermittently; sometimes happening and sometimes not.
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• go straight: To continue in the same direction without turning.
• first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• decade: Period of 10 years
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• rigorous: Very strict and often difficult; thorough
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• stressful: Worrying; causing tension
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• riddle: Amusing question that has a clever or funny answer
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• staff: Employees of a company
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• point: An item to be discussed
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• simulation: A copying method to study the real world
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• datum: Item of factual information
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• overtime: Extra time in a sports game
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• outdate: To be older than
• airspace: Area in the sky controlled by a country