Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• thrash out: To discuss something thoroughly in order to reach a decision or solution.
• intellectual property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
• look the other way: To deliberately ignore something wrong or bad that happens.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• exotic: Being very different or unusual
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• huge: Very very large
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• agriculture: The science of farming
• literacy: Fact of having knowledge of a particular subject
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• distinction: Special quality that makes something different
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• click: To work well with someone or something
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• button: Small round piece material used to fasten clothing
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• discriminate: To distinguish the differences between things
• person: Man, woman or child
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• workforce: The total number of working people
• martial: Concerning fighting, war, or soldiers
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• weak: Not having a strong character
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• gouge: To scoop out usually aggressively
• gleam: A small light that shines softly; shining quality
• preferential: Giving better treatment to one rather than another
• procurement: Act of getting possession of something
• octagon: Shape with eight sides and eight angles