Vocabulary

• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• have to: Must do
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• malfunction: A failure of something to work properly
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• shut: To stop being open for business
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• cab: A taxi
• treason: Crime of trying to overthrow your own government
• kidnap: To take someone and demand money to return them
• coordinator: Someone tasked to see that work goes harmoniously
• kidnapping: To take someone and demand money to return them