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
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• 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
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• 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
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• section: A part of a whole
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• 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
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• tutor: A teacher who deals with students personally
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• rail: To complain or object forcefully
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• timeframe: Expected beginning and end of a period
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want
• outdate: To be older than