Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• break out
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have to: Must do
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• frequency: Number of repetitions of (radio or sound) wave
• wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
• pin: To hold someone down so that they can't move
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths