Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• digital media: Electronic devices and media platforms used to create, distribute, and consume content.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• have to: Must do
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• fraction: Small part of something
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• altogether: All things considered
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• pricey: Expensive; dear; costly
• restrict: To prevent a person from doing something
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• license: To give official permission to do something
• syllabus: Teaching schedule for a school or college course
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• infancy: Time of a person's life when he or she is a baby
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• come: To arrive at a place
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• special: Being additional or extra
• cycle: Series of regular and repeated actions
• publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• unreasonable: Being too high, or otherwise inappropriate