Vocabulary

• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• deal with
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• have to: Must do
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• rip off: To cheat; take advantage of; charge too much
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• connected with: Related to; associated with.
• at least: As a minimum
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• get hands on: Involving active participation and direct experience.
• work out
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• procedure: A medical operation
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• abdomen: The part of the body where the stomach is
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• prostate: Male gland important in the creation of semen
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• limelight: Light from burning lime on stages of old theaters
• incision: Cut, as that done by a surgeon in an operation
• elemental: Being basic and important
• outsourcing: To obtain goods or services from outside suppliers
• paperwork: Work involving handling papers, forms, letters etc.
• dunce: Someone not good at school subjects