Vocabulary

• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• map out: To plan or arrange something in detail.
• speed up: To move more quickly
• in terms of
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• move beyond: To go past or exceed a limit, boundary, or set of expectations.
• such as: For example; like
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• kick off: To start a football match.
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• have to: Must do
• in favor with: Having approval or support from someone.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• urge: A strong desire for something
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• financial: Involving money
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• toddler: Young child learning to walk
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• business: A company formed for making profit
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• poultry: Birds such as chickens, ducks, geese etc.
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• live: To be alive
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• happen: To take place or occur
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• consultation: Meeting with a doctor or specialist to get advice
• gambling: Act of betting money on events
• aerospace: Industry of air and space travel
• payload: Part of guided missile containing the explosive
• undecided: Not concluded; needing further thought
• dong: Basic unit of money in Vietnam