Vocabulary

• slow down: To reduce the speed
• in the weeds: Overwhelmed by complexity or amount of work.
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• lose control: To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• have to: Must do
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
• traction: Force causing moving thing to stick, e.g. on roads
• abruptly: Suddenly; without warning
• broadly: In a general (not detailed) manner
• gambling: Act of betting money on events
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind