Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• reusable bag: A bag that can be used many times, typically for shopping.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in arms: Bearing weapons; ready for or engaged in fighting.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• throw away: To fail to take advantage of a good chance
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• do the right thing: To behave in a morally correct or proper way.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• cap on: An upper limit or restriction on something, such as spending or quantity.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• shift: To change in position or direction
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• complicated: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• huge: Very very large
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• adequate: Enough; good enough for what is needed
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• pastry: Dough making top/bottom of pie; cake made of dough
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• person: Man, woman or child
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• subsidize: To aid, assist, or help pay a cost or price
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• hyper: Very excited or active
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• disposable: Being available to be used or spent
• annoy: To make someone angry
• infinitely: Continuing forever without end; very great
• ripple: Small gentle low wave on the surface of water, etc.
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• sewer: Underground pipe that removes water and waste
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• insignificant: Being very small or unimportant
• razor: Tool with a sharp edge used to shave beard or hair
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• adequately: Well enough; fairly good; not too bad
• tote: To carry something heavy, with difficulty
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• exodus: Going out or forth in a large group
• unquote: To remove the quotation marks from
• draper: Dealer in fabrics and sewing materials