Vocabulary

• fill out: To become fatter
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at least: As a minimum
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
• pass over: To cross or bypass
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• material: Cloth; fabric
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• spot: A certain place or area
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• conduct: Your behavior
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• couple: To join something to something else
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• picky: Careful about deciding on things; hard to please
• devise: To think of and plan something
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• graphite: Black substance that is used in pencil lead