Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• background information: Information that provides context or history relevant to a current situation or topic.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• material: Cloth; fabric
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• address: Exact street location of a place
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• fellow: Man or a boy
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• comprise: To be made up of (different parts)
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• rearrange: To rethink a plan, event for a time and place
• justification: Reason or fact that explains why something is true
• bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
• cohesive: United and working together effectively
• qualitative: Of the quality of (rather than quantity)