Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at least: As a minimum
• in the green: Having a financial profit or gain.
• go on: To continue doing something
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• in accordance with: In agreement with; following
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• zoom in on: To adjust a camera or lens to make a subject appear closer.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• in competition: Taking part in a contest or rivalry.
• connected with: Related to; associated with.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• evolve: To develop certain features
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• value: Importance you attach to something
• novelty: Items that are unusual, interesting, or unique
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• ambiguity: State of being confusing, uncertain or unclear
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• sync: Short for 'synchronization'
• rapport: Understanding or empathy between two people
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• act: To behave in a certain way
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• person: Man, woman or child
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• slot: A long narrow opening to put a coin, etc. in
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• torch: Light or flame to be carried in the hand
• augment: To make something larger, stronger, more effective
• fidelity: Loyalty
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• datum: Item of factual information
• doomsday: A day said to end time; the end of the world
• environmentalist: One working for the protection of nature
• replicator: Device to copy things