Vocabulary

• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• good person: A morally upright and kind individual.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• single step: A solitary action or measure.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• print out: To produce a paper copy of a document from a computer.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• settle it: To resolve a dispute or argument.
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• poverty: State of being poor
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• propaganda: (Use of) message that you want people to accept
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• roam: To move about freely without a set destination
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• communist: Believer in communism
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• client: Person paying for professional services
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• diligent: Showing care, continued effort and hard work
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• counterfeit: Made to look like the real thing, but false; fake
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• trustworthy: Honest and reliable
• vent: To express anger or grievance loudly/with feeling
• loyal: Always showing support for; faithful
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• quota: Specific number you must make or are allowed
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• taint: To hurt or damage the good condition of something
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• sue: Person's name
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust