Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in pairs: Divided into or working as two people together.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
• building sites: Areas of land where buildings are being constructed.
• from the outset: From the beginning of a process or event.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• section: A part of a whole
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• account: An advantage
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• point: An item to be discussed
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• workforce: The total number of working people
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• tutor: A teacher who deals with students personally
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• realise: To become aware of or understand mentally
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• rail: To complain or object forcefully
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• outset: Beginning or start of something
• limitation: Act of controlling or reducing the size of
• timeframe: Expected beginning and end of a period
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want
• outdate: To be older than