Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• metro area: A densely populated urban area and its surrounding suburbs, economically and socially integrated.
• at least: As a minimum
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• upwards of: More than; at least.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• fit into: To be small enough to go inside something.
• ride along: To accompany someone in a vehicle.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• of late: Recently; lately.
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• feel for: To have sympathy for someone; to empathize with someone's situation.
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• amount: Quantity of something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• public: Owned by the government
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• roof: Top of the inside a tunnel, cave, mouth etc.
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• silver: Person's name
• nearby: Close to where you are
• datum: Item of factual information
• southern: Concerning a region in the south
• incessant: Happening or continuing without a pause or stop
• precipitation: Material that falls from sky; rain, snow or hail
• frontal: Belonging to the forward part
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• metro: Underground railway or subway
• inconvenience: Quality of being difficult or annoying to do
• dreary: Dull and making you feel sad or bored
• rainfall: Water falling from the sky
• antecedent: Previous event, idea and influenced something else