Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• check out
• going on: To continue doing something
• go higher: To increase or rise to a greater level.
• move down: To physically shift to a lower position or location.
• settle into: To become comfortable and familiar with a new place or situation.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• has over: To invite someone to your house.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• white elephant: A possession that is unwanted by its owner, but is expensive to keep or difficult to dispose of.
• in full swing: At its peak of activity; fully active or operational.
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• very top: The highest point or part of something.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• revolving door: A door consisting of several panels that hang on a central shaft and rotate to allow people to enter or leave a building.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• strength: Condition of being strong
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• pile: Large amount of something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• huge: Very very large
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• stiff: Slang term for a dead body
• due: When something is required or expected
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• act: To behave in a certain way
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• slender: Being small or almost insufficient in amount
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• stiffness: Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
• spire: Pointed structure on top of a building e.g. church
• differential: Different, as in treatment; discriminatory