Vocabulary

• per year: For each year; annually.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• like hell: Used to express strong disagreement or refusal.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• plug in
• to some extent: Partially; not completely.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• solar cells: Photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity.
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• huge: Very very large
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• disruptive: Causing trouble; disturbing a class, etc.
• point: An item to be discussed
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• product: Item that can be bought
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• come: To arrive at a place
• hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
• appliance: Device designed to perform common household tasks
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• happen: To take place or occur
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• price: Person's name
• surf: To view webpages on the internet
• socket: Area into which (e.g. a bone) will fit
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• marginal: Very small; on the edge; not important
• parity: State of being equal in pay, rights, or power
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer