Vocabulary

• speed up: To move more quickly
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• have to: Must do
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• in a series: Arranged or happening one after another.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• meet up: To arrange to meet someone.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• keep tabs on: To monitor closely; keep under surveillance.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• going on: To continue doing something
• check out
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• maneuver: Military movement of troops
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• navigation: Act of finding and following the correct course
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• outlet: Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• atom: Smallest bit that matter can be broken down into
• elliptical: Indirect
• circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• kinetic: Of or relating to movement
• dock: To take away a part of an animal's tail
• fling: To move yourself or a part of your body with force
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• orbital: Concerning an orbit
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• weirdness: Quality of being unusual and strange
• ellipse: Plane curve made by cone and plane intersecting
• dynamically: In a forceful active and energetic manner