Vocabulary

• land on: To come down to the ground or another surface after flying or falling.
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• dust off: To remove dust from something by wiping or brushing.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• military: Army or armed forces
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• valuable: Being useful or important
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• permanently: For a long time; always
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• click: To work well with someone or something
• monopoly: Complete market control for a service or product
• leave: To go away from; depart
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• staff: Employees of a company
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• own: To have something as your property
• quantum: The smallest unit or amount of energy
• land: Region or country
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• treaty: An agreement between nations
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
• checkout: Counter in a supermarket where you pay for goods
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• civilisation: A highly developed society
• presumptive: Based on reasonable grounds for being believed
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• poo: Feces