Vocabulary

• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• as follows: Used to introduce a list or explanation.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• such as: For example; like
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• back then: At that time in the past.
• at this rate: If things continue as they are now.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• have to: Must do
• got to: To arrive at some place
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• spot: A certain place or area
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• shift: To change in position or direction
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• margin: Edge of an area
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• metric: Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• land: Region or country
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• rank: To rate or class things
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• bypass: To go around something; avoid
• datum: Item of factual information
• median: Being in the middle or average
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• skew: To affect data making them incorrect or inaccurate
• thoracic: Concerning the chest or thorax
• aorta: Large artery that carries blood from the heart