Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at least: As a minimum
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• in terms of
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• false positive: A test result which incorrectly indicates that a particular condition or attribute is present.
• for instance: As an example.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• going on: To continue doing something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• help out: To assist someone
• for that matter: Used to emphasize that something is true or likely to happen, or to introduce a related point.
• check out
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• initial: First letter of your given name
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• performance: Act of doing something
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• leave: To go away from; depart
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• datum: Item of factual information
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• median: Being in the middle or average
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• deviation: Difference from what is normal or standard
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli