Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• have to: Must do
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• claim to fame: A characteristic or achievement someone is famous or known for.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• top it off: To complete something in a particularly good or impressive way.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• lead to: To result in some action
• in sync: Operating or occurring at the same time or rate.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• of a kind: Unique; not like anything else
• back then: At that time in the past.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• go around: (Of news, gossip) to be known; circulate
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• got the idea: Understood something.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• linger on: To continue to exist for longer than is usual or desirable.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• intellectual property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• at least: As a minimum
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• tune in: To listen to a radio program or watch a television program.
• ask around: To ask several people for information or advice.
• set up
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• pick it up: To lift something from a surface.
• before long: Soon; in a short time.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• side project: A project undertaken in addition to one's primary job or responsibility.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• build upon: To use something as a base for further development.
• come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
• pretty much anything: Almost everything; nearly all things.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• great: Very good; better than before
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• thinking: To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
• coffee: A brown drink made from roasted beans and water
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• name: What something or someone is called
• open: To make accessible or able to be used, e.g. road
• sit: To take an exam
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• listen: To carefully consider what someone is saying
• read: Person's name
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
• happen: To take place or occur
• office: Room or building used for business
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• network: Group of computers connected to each other
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• couple: To join something to something else
• selection: Process of choosing someone or something carefully
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• thought: To have an idea about something without certainty
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• creativity: Ability to imagine new ideas
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• outer: Far away
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• classic: Having a simple, basic design or style
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• tape: To record some sounds using an electric device
• hunch: Premonition or suspicion; guess
• eureka: (Greek) I have found it! (e.g. of a discovery)
• incubator: Device for keeping newborn babies warm
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• microscope: Scientific device making small things look bigger
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• jeez: Used to express surprise or annoyance
• autobiography: Book written by a person about his or her own life
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• epiphany: Christian feast celebrating Jesus as an infant
• bleep: Short sound made by an electronic instrument