Vocabulary

• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• once a month: Happening or appearing one time in each month.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• ride with: To travel together with someone in a vehicle or on an animal.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• get past: To overcome an obstacle or difficulty.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• hit on: To discover an idea, etc. by chance
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on steroids: Greatly enhanced or intensified; more powerful or effective than usual.
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• keep up with the Joneses : To try to own all the same expensive objects and do all the same things as your friends or neighbours, in order to seem as successful as them
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• come around: To eventually change your opinion or be persuaded to agree with someone else's.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• for the benefit: In order to help or be useful to someone or something.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• such as: For example; like
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• born and bred: Having been born and raised in a particular place or environment.
• in packs: In groups or sets, especially of animals hunting or moving together.
• internet access: The ability to connect to the internet.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• eat in: To have a meal at home instead of going out.
• complete picture: A thorough and comprehensive understanding of a situation or event.
• grow out of: To develop or originate from something.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• bread: Money or earnings
• car: A vehicle with wheels and engine to carry people
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• go: To attend or be at a place
• to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• making: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• bank: A financial institution that keeps or lends money
• person: Man, woman or child
• garden: Yard; ground outside your house to grow plants
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• big: Popular
• great: Very good; better than before
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• lending: To let someone borrow something for a while
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• call: A order or request for action
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• century: Period of 100 years
• bike: 2-wheeled vehicle ridden by pushing on foot pedals
• happen: To take place or occur
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• online: Connected to the internet
• kid: Child or young person
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• enter: To start a career or an education
• trust: To expect confidently
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• product: Item that can be bought
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• environmental: Of the natural world of plants and animals
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• trading: To buy, sell and exchange goods in business
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• item: Single, brief piece of news or reporting
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• consumerism: Theory that buying a lot of goods is a good thing
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• shift: To change in position or direction
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• collaborative: Working with others to complete a task
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• ownership: State of having a legal right to possess something
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• rating: To assess something or consider its qualities
• redistribution: Giving out wealth, etc. to someone else
• intent: Having a fixed purpose or intention; not deviating
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• slicer: Golfer whose shots typically curve to one side
• reinvent: To present something in a new and interesting way
• professionally: Concerning your profession or job
• offline: Not connected to a central computer or computer network