Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• get onto: To board or mount a vehicle, such as a bus, train, or bicycle.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• contrary to: In opposition to; against.
• write off: To cancel a debt; to recognize as a loss.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• in terms of
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• change your mind
• lead to: To result in some action
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• such as: For example; like
• of use: Having practical value; useful or helpful.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• fight on: To continue fighting despite difficulties or setbacks.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• great: Very good; better than before
• big: Popular
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet
• factory: Building where things are made
• read: Person's name
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• picture: General situation or state of being
• printer: Machine that makes copies of papers and documents
• ship: Large boat
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• price: Person's name
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• software: Computer applications and systems
• wheel: Round thing that rolls, used for moving things
• corner: To force into a position impossible to escape from
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• jump: To attack someone suddenly
• lowest: In the farthest down position; nearest the ground
• point: An item to be discussed
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• valuable: Being useful or important
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• beauty: Something attractive that produces great pleasure
• stupid: Not intelligent; lacking ability to learn easily
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• demo: Showing how something works (e.g. a new product)
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• laser: Strong narrow beam of high-powered light
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• clueless: Totally uninformed about what is going on
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• matrix: Rock that surrounds rare stones
• font: Size or style of type
• daisy: Small, white flower that has a yellow center
• app: Small applications for smartphones
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• interface: Place where things come together to communicate