Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• local communities: Groups of people living in the same area or having particular characteristics in common.
• lay off: To stop troubling or hitting someone
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• stand here: To remain in or move to this specific location.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• burn out: To overwork to mental or physical exhaustion
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• reduce the risk: To lessen the probability of something dangerous or harmful occurring.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• take it out of: To cause someone to feel very tired or exhausted.
• have to: Must do
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• go on: To continue doing something
• on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• poverty: State of being poor
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• dismantle: To take something apart in an organized way
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• datum: Item of factual information
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• ideological: In conformity with fixed ideas or beliefs
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• unaccompanied: Being without an partner (for travel or music)
• pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb
• undocumented: Lacking necessary paperwork (e.g. a passport)