Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• read for: To read aloud on behalf of someone else.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• break out
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• conduct: Your behavior
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• explicit: Definite; clearly stated; specific
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• nefarious: Extremely wicked
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
• liability: Something that is owed to someone else, e.g. debt
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• circulate: To go round continuously
• felony: A serious crime, such as murder
• erect: Standing straight up
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• perpetrate: To do something wrong, e.g. commit a crime
• takeout: Food bought at a restaurant but eaten elsewhere
• sandbox: A box with sand shaped to mold metal