Vocabulary

• western countries: Countries generally located in Europe and North America, characterized by democratic governments and capitalist economies.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• have to: Must do
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• speed up: To move more quickly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• green: Color of young leaves
• closing: To come progressively nearer to something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• brown: Of the color of coffee or chocolate
• great: Very good; better than before
• yellow: Color of lemons or the sun
• teach: To help someone learn or do something
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• sick: Having a physical or mental illness
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• follow: To come after someone; be guided by someone
• size: How big or small a thing is
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• assistance: Act of helping someone
• crowded: To force too many things, people into
• rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• oil: A liquid used for frying foods
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• huge: Very very large
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• trend: Current style or fashion
• historical: Connected with the past
• gap: Distance between two objects
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• datum: Item of factual information
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• medal: Metal award, often round, usually for courage
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• independence: Having the freedom to make your own decisions
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• technical: Complex; difficult to understand
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• tool: Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• aid: To help others and provide things
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• disparity: Unfair difference between things; inequality
• colonize: To take control over place and live there
• inland: Concerning areas that are not near a coast
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• wider: Greater in distance across or from side to side