Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• slot in: To find a suitable time or place for something in a schedule or plan.
• in the groove: Working smoothly and effectively; performing well.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• such as: For example; like
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• rolls on: For time to pass
• show in: To lead someone into a room or building.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• each end: At both extremities or sides of something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in length: Relating to the measurement of something from end to end.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• in a series: Arranged or happening one after another.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• in principle: In theory; as a general idea, though not yet in practice or detail.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• at right angles to: Forming a 90-degree angle with another line or surface.
• regardless of
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• initial: First letter of your given name
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• stationary: Being still or unmoving
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• point: An item to be discussed
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• pivot: Point on which something turns or balances
• continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
• reciprocal: Equal and meeting the needs of both sides
• slot: A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
• perpendicular: Being at right angles to a given line or plane
• diagram: A drawing intended to explain how something works
• shaft: To ruin the plans or prospects of others
• elevation: Height of a place
• linear: Made of lines
• numerical: Concerning or involving numbers
• vector: Math a quantity that has both size and direction
• spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
• disk: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data
• differential: Different, as in treatment; discriminatory
• cam: Rotating or sliding piece in mechanical linkages
• multiplier: Number to multiply by
• algebraic: Concerning algebra
• bevel: To make angled edge to a mirror, etc.