Vocabulary

• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• in service: Available for use; operational
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• at a price: Achieved but with negative consequences or a significant cost.
• turn on
• on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• demand on: A strong need or requirement that places a burden or strain.
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• slightly: Only a little
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• urge: A strong desire for something
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• blast: To attack someone with words
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• important: Having power or authority
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• procedure: A medical operation
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• precaution: Action performed in order to prevent trouble
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• redundancy: Existence of an already present thing as a backup
• navy: Very dark shade of blue
• upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
• domestically: With respect to your own country
• shortfall: Failure to meet an expectation or amount needed
• shutdown: Termination of operations