Vocabulary

• at a premium: At a high price or great value; scarce and desirable.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• in place of: Instead of; as a substitute for.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• in terms of
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• farm: Land used for growing crops or raising animals
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• live: To be alive
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• month: One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• vegetable: Plant that is raised and eaten as food
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• bath: Long container you fill with hot water to wash in
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• freshly: Newly; recently; just now
• freshness: Alert and refreshed state
• salad: Uncooked vegetables made into a dish
• neighboring: Being near or beside someone or something
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• tower: Tall, narrow building
• lettuce: Salad vegetable that has large thin green leaves
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• local: Bus or train, that stops at most stations
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• owner: Person who owns or has something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• land: Region or country
• cabbage: Round green vegetable with tightly packed leaves
• amount: Quantity of something
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• emphasizing: To stress the items that are important
• lowering: To move something downward to the ground
• economically: In an efficient manner
• trivial: Small; unimportant; worthless
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• arise: To stand up
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• novelty: Items that are unusual, interesting, or unique
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• quadruple: To make or become four times bigger in number
• farmland: Rural area where farming is practiced
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• lightbulb: Electric bulb from which light comes
• entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace