Vocabulary

• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• performance: Act of doing something
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• stink: To smell terrible
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• public: Owned by the government
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• precedent: A similar action happening before now
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• runoff: A second election to find a winner
• poo: Feces
• brewery: Company or building for making beer
• seaside: Resort area next to the sea shore
• septic: Infected with harmful bacteria