Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• stand with: To support or defend someone or something.
• have to: Must do
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• failure rate: The percentage or proportion of something that fails.
• stand here: To remain in or move to this specific location.
• on the verge of: Very near to doing or experiencing something.
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• contrary to: In opposition to; against.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• point in time: A specific moment or instance when something occurs or exists.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• given time: A specific time that has been scheduled or agreed upon.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• go places: To be successful in life or in a particular field.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• shrivel up: To become smaller and wrinkled, often due to dryness or heat.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• go in with: To join with others in a business venture or undertaking.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• mom: A slang term for mother
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• door: You walk through this when you go in a room
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• birthday: Date each year on which you were born
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• excited: To make something or someone become more active
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• surprise: To do something that another person didn't expect
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• dead: Not alive
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• attack: To try to destroy, beat, or injure
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• discovered: To find something new that was not known before
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• tiny: Very, very small
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• tool: Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• motor: Concerning cars and vehicles
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• warrior: Courageous or skilled fighter in a battle or war
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• rethink: To reconsider or think again about something
• helpless: Lacking in or without strength or power
• limitation: Act of controlling or reducing the size of
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• verge: Brink or threshold
• adjacent: Being close or near to a border, wall, or point
• neuron: A nerve cell
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• mayday: International distress signal from boat or plane
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• asymptomatic: Having no symptoms of illness or disease
• millisecond: One thousandth of a second
• retract: To take back something said or given
• aggregate: A sum total amount of something
• rewind: To make something go backwards
• debilitate: (Formal) to weaken