Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• at the door of: Located very close to the entrance or opening of a place.
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• dropping out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• go on: To continue doing something
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• create with: To use specific tools, materials, or techniques in the process of creating something.
• in the driver's seat: In a position of control or authority.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• local communities: Groups of people living in the same area or having particular characteristics in common.
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• steer: A cow
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• urgent: Very important and needing immediate attention
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• person: Man, woman or child
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• business: A company formed for making profit
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• adolescent: Teenager developing into an adult
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• firsthand: Received directly from a source
• disadvantage: A negative point; a downside; difficulty
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• entrepreneurship: Starting up of new businesses
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• livelihood: Way someone earns money to live
• cohort: Group of students studying something together
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• motorcycle: Motorbike; vehicle with two wheels and an engine