Vocabulary

• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• have to: Must do
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• revolve around: To have something as a main subject or purpose.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• black and white
• deal with
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• ideology: Ideas or beliefs which form theory and policy
• proactive: Acting to head off anticipated future problems
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• logical: Sensible; reasonable
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• important: Having power or authority
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• public: Owned by the government
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• act: To behave in a certain way
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• predecessor: Something that comes before another in a series
• considerate: Taking care not to offend or disturb someone else
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• horizontal: Concerning the horizon
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• idle: (Of engine) to be running but not moving the car
• wag: To move side to side or up and down repetitively
• injection: Act of adding or putting in; adding to
• extraction: Process of taking something out of something else
• lag: Delay between two events
• shale: Soft rock that easily breaks into flat pieces
• randy: Wanting to have sex (often)
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject