Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• past time: An activity done regularly for enjoyment; a hobby.
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• move beyond: To go past or exceed a limit, boundary, or set of expectations.
• step out: To go outside for a short time
• on the books: Recorded in official documents or laws.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
• night and day: Continuously; all the time.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• link up: To connect or join together physically.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• finish with: To end a relationship
• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• work out
• bring along: To take someone or something with you.
• win the day: To succeed in a particular situation or contest.
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• atmosphere: Air around us
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• century: Period of 100 years
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• exponential: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• tide: Way opinions or events are developing or changing
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• business: A company formed for making profit
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• mount: To attach something to something else
• microbial: Concerning, involving or caused by being microbes
• parity: State of being equal in pay, rights, or power
• gore: To wound by attacking with a knife, sharp horn etc.