Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• fill up
• fresh produce: Recently harvested fruits and vegetables offered for sale.
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• set about: To begin or start to do something
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• put back: To return something to the proper place
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• unconsciously: Without thinking; not deliberately
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• person: Man, woman or child
• disposable: Being available to be used or spent
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• floss: To move thin thread to clean between your teeth
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
• ambient: Of or in the surrounding area or air
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• forage: Plants that animals eat
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• negatively: In a harmful, unwanted or unhelpful manner
• canyon: Deep rock valley usually with flowing water
• compost: Dead plants, leaves or grass, used as fertilizer
• cranky: Easily irritated or annoyed
• freezer: Electric refrigerator operating below zero degrees
• garbage: Waste material that has been thrown out
• elevation: Height of a place
• funk: Feeling of fear; sadness
• bleep: Short sound made by an electronic instrument
• workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food