Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• lead to: To result in some action
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• atmosphere: Air around us
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• pile: Large amount of something
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• click: To work well with someone or something
• impress: To make an emotional impact upon
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• cement: Building material made from gray powder, water
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• derive: To come from another thing
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• disposal: Act of giving or throwing something away
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• burn: To destroy with fire
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• hash: A mixture of meat, potatoes, and vegetables cut into small pieces and baked or fried
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• scum: Layer of unpleasant stuff forming on top of liquid
• circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
• hypothetically: In a hypothetical way; as an example
• quail: A type of bird hunted for sport
• belgium: A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
• bane: Something causing misery or death
• biomass: Number of living things in a particular area
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• heathen: Person of another religion than the speaker's
• hydrocarbon: Organic compound consisting of hydrogen and carbon