Vocabulary

• replace: To use instead of something else
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• leader: Person who is in charge of a group or task
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• element: Essential or particular part of something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• hateful: Making someone feel hatred or dislike
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• require: To demand that someone does something
• say: To indicate or give information using language
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• shock: The passage of an electricity through the body
• extreme: Very great in degree
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• become: To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
• page: Person's name
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• anecdote: Brief story based on personal experience
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• boundless: Without limits; innumerable; limitless
• plight: Difficult situation
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• celebrating: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• innovate: To introduce or create new things or make changes
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• huge: Very very large
• enable: To make it possible to do something
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• section: A part of a whole
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• arbitrary: (Of decisions) unsupported; without any evidence
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• gnawing: To keep biting on something, like a bone
• example: Thing, person which represents a category
• flint: Hard rock that sparks when hit with steel
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• pacify: To cause someone who is angry or upset to be calm
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• area: Amount of measured space
• greater: Larger in size or number
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• lockstep: Manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
• parrot: Brightly colored bird with hooked beak
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• certain: Definite, fixed
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
• richer: Having more money, possessions, or resources
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• laid: To place a bet
• reorganize: To arrange or plan something in a different way
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• industrialized: To make into something at an industrial level
• immediate: Being the very next to or just after
• wish: To want something to happen or to become true
• cohabit: To exist or live together
• come: To arrive at a place
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• silo: Underground installation for firing missiles
• act: To behave in a certain way
• electrician: Someone who works with electrical equipment
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• older: Having existed for more time, less young or new
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• skilled: Having or showing or requiring special skill
• drawn: To attract attention to someone or something
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• discussion: Any long communication about a particular topic
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• value: Importance you attach to something
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• actualize: To make a plan or dream real
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• referendum: Public vote on an issue
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• dig: To move material to create a hole
• sends: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• nobel: Relating to the Nobel Prizes or their founder, Alfred Nobel.
• spent: To use money to pay for something
• creative: Having the ability to make something new
• inability: Lack of ability, power, or means to do something
• supporter: Someone showing they are in favor of a idea, plan
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• competent: Fully qualified or capable of doing
• first: Something that has not happened before
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• clinton: A common surname, often referring to the Clinton family.
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• discontent: Feeling of dissatisfaction; a lack of contentment
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• stochastic: Being or having a random variable
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• watcher: Someone who watches (TV, birds, etc.)
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• understanding: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• algorithmic: Of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• brings: To take or go with someone to a place
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• onwards: Moving toward a future (often better) time/place
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• identifying: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• individualized: To make something personal to you; personalize
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• possible: Being able or appropriate for a task or purpose
• walk: To move with your legs at a slowish pace
• little: A person's name
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• different: Not of the same kind; unlike other things
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• free: Living, happening without being controlled
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• police: People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
• appliance: Device designed to perform common household tasks
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• digging: To move material to create a hole
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• transpire: To take place or occur
• point: An item to be discussed
• economist: A person who studies economics
• bridge: Structure built over river, road so you can cross
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• unnoticed: Without being seen or noticed
• course: The route or direction e.g. a river moves along
• Germany: A country in central Europe, officially the Federal Republic of Germany.
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• poorer: Most poor
• operator: Someone who operates or controls a machine
• next: The one that follows after
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• men: Adult male human beings
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• mit: A type of glove that covers part of the hand, leaving the fingers or thumb exposed.
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• generative: Having the ability to produce or originate
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• widening: To make something broader; increase
• summarize: To state the main or most important ideas
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• radio: System of sending/receiving signals through air
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• room: All of the people inside a particular room
• nurse: Person trained to care for sick or injured people
• prosperous: Being successful and having a lot of money
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• occupation: A career or regular job
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• gift: Something given to another for a reason; present
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• earnings: Incomes that a person receives
• public: Owned by the government
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• interacting: To talk or do things with each other
• nothing: Item of little or no value, importance, interest
• European: Concerning the culture and people of Europe
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
• supplier: Organization that provides a product or service
• misconception: Wrong or misunderstood idea
• probability: What the chances are that something will happen
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• decade: Period of 10 years
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
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• postgraduate: Graduate studying for a further degree
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• fraction: Small part of something
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• read: Person's name
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• cost-effective: Producing good results for the amount of money spent; economical.
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• cry: To sound an animal may make to call its family
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• china: A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
• robin: Person's name
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• advanced: (Of an army) to move forward
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• dispensable: Capable of being done without or thrown away
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• illiberal: Narrow-minded about your opinions
• one: Number 1
• britain: The island of Great Britain, or the United Kingdom.
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• civilization: A highly developed society
• notable: Being famous or well-known
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• conceptualize: To have the ability to see concepts or ideas
• important: Having power or authority
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• worried: Feeling troubled or concerned
• dystopian: As bad as can be; characterized by human misery
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• york: A city in North Yorkshire, England, known for its historical significance and York Minster.
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• diverge: To move away from, in a different direction
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• okay: Yes; alright
• happens: To take place or occur
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
• plumber: Worker installing toilets, pipes etc. in buildings
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• snag: To catch something on something sharp
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• forum: Meeting where people can openly discuss a subject
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• better: In a more excellent way
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• false: Not real or genuine
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• express: To send something by fast mail
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• ford: A shallow area in a stream that can be forded
• automation: Use of machines to do tasks once done by people
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• displace: To cause someone to move from their usual place
• follow-up: A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• integrated: To combine together; make into one thing
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• versatile: Having many uses or skills
• happen: To take place or occur
• coherent: (Of language, ideas) logical and well-organized
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• policing: To control an area, or group with a police force
• powerful: Having control or influence over
• use: Ability to employ something
• rebuild: To get back something that was lost, e.g. trust
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• educator: Someone who teaches
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• Europe: A continent including Germany, France and Spain
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• incompetence: Lack of skill or ability to do a task successfully
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• graduate: Concerning a Masters or Ph.D. university courses
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• king: Person considered the best or top at something
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• need: To be unable to manage without something; require
• job: Something that must be done
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• strength: Condition of being strong
• forget: To not remember something
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• severs: To cut off
• stagnation: State of inactivity (in business or art etc.)
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• accelerated: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• wag: To move side to side or up and down repetitively
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• news: Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
• militant: Using strong forceful methods to achieve a goal
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• sir: Form of polite address to a man you do not know
• winner: Person or thing that wins a contest or race
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• worker: Person who works
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• special: Being additional or extra
• basket: Amount contained in a basket; a basketful
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• harder: Less soft; more solid
• sideline: To make someone less important, or irrelevant
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• unfree: Controlled by someone who will not let you go
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• factory: Building where things are made
• let: To allow someone to do something
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• manual: Done by hand (not machine)
• new: Not old, recently born, built or made
• establishment: Act, process of starting an organization or system
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• likely: With a good chance that a thing will really happen
• sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
• push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• skill: Ability to do something well
• marginal: Very small; on the edge; not important
• dollar: A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• painter: Person who paints pieces of art; artist
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• half: One of two equal periods of game time in a sport
• specialize: To focus on one area of a field or profession
• equality: Idea that all people have the same rights
• technician: Person whose job is to maintain, repair machinery
• classroom: Room in a school where lessons take place
• office: Room or building used for business
• go: To attend or be at a place
• overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• turned: To become (a particular age)
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• empathize: To imagine or understand how others feel
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• ohio: A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• tool: Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
• second: 2nd; the one following first
• incorrect: Being wrong or inaccurate
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• data: Facts or information used to calculate or analyze
• rank: To rate or class things
• shift: To change in position or direction
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• educate: To teach someone in a school or college
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• danger: The possibility of getting hurt, damaged, killed
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
• able: Skilled; good at something
• liberalism: Political point of view favoring social progress
• scientist: Person who is trained in a science
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• least: In the smallest or lowest way
• card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• meant: To express a particular idea or thought
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• unlock: To use a key or code to open something
• business: A company formed for making profit
• changer: A person who changes something
• amaze: To cause wonder; to surprise completely
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• instance: An example of something; case
• affirmation: Statement that something is true
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• guest: Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• take: To accept something that is offered
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• hillary: New Zealand mountaineer who in first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in )
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• nobody: No person; no one; not any person
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• yes: Way to say you agree or will do something
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• leisure: Time when you have no work to do and can relax
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• exacerbate: To increase the severity or bitterness of
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• sure: What you say to agree willingly
• much: A lot; large amount; a high degree of
• saw: To cut with a metal tool with sharp teeth
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• live: To be alive
• living: To be alive
• dichotomy: Difference between two completely opposite ideas
• feeling: Sensation or emotion you experience
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• workforce: The total number of working people
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• model: Being an excellent example of
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• welcome: Being what was wanted or needed
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• machinery: System/processes to get official approval, etc.
• specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
• fix: Answer to a problem
• segregate: To separate people by skin color, sex or religion
• mode: Fashion and design
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• punishes: To make someone suffer for doing something wrong
• amount: Quantity of something
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• great: Very good; better than before
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• podcast: A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download
• generalist: Person who knows a lot about many things
• leaner: More efficient; with less waste
• collection: Act of asking for money for a debt or a charity
• detroit: A major city in the state of Michigan, USA, known for its automotive industry.
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• biggest: Most popular
• listener: Someone who listens
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• globalization: International spread of something, e.g. company
• egg: Hard-shelled thing from which a young bird is born
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• host: Mass; a great number
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• sophisticate: To make someone more worldly and experienced
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• desirability: Quality of being worthy of desiring
• necessary: Needed or required; unavoidable
• newspaper: Sheets of paper (or online) containing the news
• perspectives: Abilities to understand what is important in life
• hindsight: Understanding the nature of an event afterwards
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• constraint: Thing preventing you moving or acting; restriction
• competitor: Someone taking part in race, business, etc.
• improvement: Addition or change that makes something better
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• teacher: Person who teaches others, especially in a school
• naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
• implication: Possible effects, results from an action or event
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• shareholder: Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
• thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• willing: To leave property to someone after your death
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• disability: Condition limiting your ability to do something
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• school: Large group of fish that swim together
• online: Connected to the internet
• motor: Concerning cars and vehicles
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• proposition: General claim or theory
• everyday: Used or seen daily; for daily use; ordinary
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• prize: Something won in a contest or given as an award
• hawk: Large bird kills smaller birds and animals
• manager: Person who controls and runs a business or group
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• acceleration: Increase in the speed or rate of something
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• questionable: Not likely to be right or true; doubtful
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• deliberate: Carefully thought out in advance
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• steer: A cow
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• telltale: Someone who discloses information intentionally
• super: Of the highest quality; great; marvelous
• towel: Piece of cloth used for drying things
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• fingernail: Nail at the end of a finger
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• sympathize: To support or be in agreement with something
• remake: To arrange or prepare something again
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• American: Person from the USA
• bullish: Expecting a rise in prices
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• sphere: Area of interest or activity
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• london: The capital city of the United Kingdom, located in England.
• folk: (Of ordinary people) not sophisticated
• part: Division of a book
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• welder: One whose job is heating pieces of metal together
• impossible: (Child, etc.) very annoying
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• ideology: Ideas or beliefs which form theory and policy
• lower: In a position more near the bottom
• aspiration: Great desire to achieve something
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• trained: To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
• greatest: Highest in quality
• big: Popular
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• representative: Typical example of a particular category
• respond: To answer something or someone
• longer: Greater in time or length than another
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• voice: Ability to sing well
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• child: A very young person, between about 2 and 15
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• complementary: Working well together; completing something
• revolutionize: To completely change so that it is much better
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• unimaginable: That cannot be imagined; unthinkable
• remade: To arrange or prepare something again
• subsidizing: To aid, assist, or help pay a cost or price
• shrink: To become smaller
• way: Particular aspect of something being thought about
• narrative: The telling of a story
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• call: A order or request for action
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• sea: Very large group of people, similar-looking things
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• end: The point where a process or activity stops
• politics: Job or work involved in the business of government
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• input: Advice or ideas that someone provides
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• related: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• facing: To cover a surface with something like paint
• broad: General; not detailed
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• resource: Something that can be used profitably; asset
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• thing: (Used to introduce the reason for something)
• kid: Child or young person
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• truth: Real facts about something
• Internet: Worldwide computer network system
• try: To make an effort, to attempt to do something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• elevated: To make something higher
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• unequal: Unfair; biased in someone's favor
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• see: To go on a date with someone
• trend: Current style or fashion
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• evolve: To develop certain features
• second-class: Of inferior status or quality
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• killer: Something that is a challenge to deal with
• technological: Concerning technology
• main: Most important; most often used
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• recreate: To make a past situation exist again
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• church: Building where Christians gather and pray to God
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• trump: Any playing card of a suit that outranks another
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• get: To become affected by illness or disease
• particular: One specific (one)
• yeah: Another way of saying 'yes'
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• network: Group of computers connected to each other
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• talk: Style of speaking
• aspire: To have a great ambition or goal
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• introduction: A first experience with something
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• statistic: Number that represents a piece of information
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• bad: Not good; wrong
• right: Correct or true
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• boston: The capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
• stopping: To block or close something
• many: Used to refer a large number of things
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• relation: Connection between two or more things
• stop: To block or close something
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• role: Character played by an actor
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• concerned: To be about a particular topic
• cultural: Of a particular society's customs and beliefs
• week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
• excite: To make something or someone become more active
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• thank: To tell someone you are grateful to them
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• higher: Farther above the ground
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• close: Almost; near
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• thanks: To tell someone you are grateful to them
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed