Vocabulary

• spin up: To start or initialize something quickly, especially software or a system.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• turn off
• out of town: Away from one's usual place of residence or work; absent from the local area.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• shore up: To support to stop it bursting/being ruined
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal with
• up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
• in short supply: Not available in sufficient quantity; scarce.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• strike: To hit something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• hurdle: Small fence a person or horse jumps over in a race
• decade: Period of 10 years
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• blast: To attack someone with words
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• leave: To go away from; depart
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• defense: Argument in support of something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• mineral: Substance naturally formed in the ground
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• ammunition: Supply of bullets, etc. that are fired from guns
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• dwindle: To make or become less or smaller gradually
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• own: To have something as your property
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• backbone: Strength and determination
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• patriot: Person who loves and defends their own country
• buster: Way of addressing a man
• tungsten: Heavy grey-white metallic element
• ore: Rock containing valuable metal
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• lite: Low-fat or low-sugar version of the original food
• tomahawk: A North American axe