Vocabulary

• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• next to: Being located along side another
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• from the top: From the beginning.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• deal with
• first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• turn on
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• step out: To go outside for a short time
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• weak spots: Areas of vulnerability or deficiency.
• game over: The end of a game or a situation.
• beat the heat: To find a way to stay cool during hot weather.
• have to: Must do
• check out
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• require: To demand that someone does something
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• performance: Act of doing something
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• great: Very good; better than before
• basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• horizontal: Concerning the horizon
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• sewer: Underground pipe that removes water and waste
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• slurry: Mixture of snow, mud, concrete or animal waste
• geyser: A natural hot water fountain