Vocabulary

• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• have to: Must do
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• fridge: An electric cool box for keeping food fresh
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• investigation: Search for information about something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• suburb: Residential area on the outskirts of a city
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• cooperative: Working together to get something done
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.