Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• sweet tooth: A great liking for sweet foods.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• shift: To change in position or direction
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• hub: Center of action or interest
• fructose: Simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• slave: Someone who is legally owned by another person
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• cane: To beat someone with a stick as punishment
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• plantation: A large area of plants, usually in a hot climate
• sweetness: Property of tasting as if it contains sugar
• flaunt: To show off in order to attract attention
• setup: Way something is organized or arranged
• sucrose: Complex carbohydrate used as a sweetener
• forcibly: Using physical strength, power, or violence
• beet: Type of vegetable with a thick, purplish root
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.