Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• at least: As a minimum
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• look back: To think about past events
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• simultaneously: At the same time; all together
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• amount: Quantity of something
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• futuristic: Concerning futurism
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• business: A company formed for making profit
• workforce: The total number of working people
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• administrative: Concerning managing an organization
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• datum: Item of factual information
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• severance: Money received when you are let go from a company
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• oracle: Wise person who tells the future
• checklist: List of tasks and things to be checked