Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• throw out: To make someone leave, because of bad behavior
• in the making: Developing or being made; in the process of becoming something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• wash out: To erode or be eroded by the force of water.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• apartment building: A building with many apartments or flats
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• a tremendous amount: A very large quantity or number of something.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• waste away: To gradually become weaker and thinner, often due to illness or lack of food.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• strike: To hit something
• amount: Quantity of something
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• pile: Large amount of something
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• sanitation: Water systems that protect people's health
• feasible: Possible; that you can believe will work/succeed
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• layout: Plan or design of something, e.g. of book page
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• sidewalk: Paved area for pedestrians, usually beside a road
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• buffet: Meal where eaters select from many various dishes
• pickup: Small truck that has an open back with low sides