Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• in charge: To be responsible for
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• turn into: To change to become something else
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• get stuck in: To become enthusiastically involved in something.
• sort out: To find a way of dealing with a problem; resolve
• up until now: Until the present time; so far.
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• have to: Must do
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• back onto: To reverse a vehicle so it stops at a particular place.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• deal with
• leak out: If secret information leaks out, it becomes known to the public.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• card: One of 54 pieces of paper used in a game of cards
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• leave: To go away from; depart
• carrier: A company, e.g. mail, airline, that carries things
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• drink: To put water in your body through your mouth
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• glass: Clear hard container used for drinking
• live: To be alive
• big: Popular
• clean: Completely; entirely
• hot: Angry or excited
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• belt: To leave somewhere quickly (UK use)
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• call: A order or request for action
• gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• danger: The possibility of getting hurt, damaged, killed
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• careful: Trying not to make mistakes; working slowly
• anymore: No longer; no more
• size: How big or small a thing is
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• rubbish: To say someone's ideas/actions are no good
• recycle: To use old ideas or concepts again
• recycled: To use old ideas or concepts again
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• metal: Usually hard shiny material mined from rock
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• huge: Very very large
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• product: Item that can be bought
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• poisonous: Harmful; unfriendly; unpleasant
• symbol: Image that means or represents something
• inspect: To look at or examine carefully
• aluminium: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• environmentally: So as to affect the environment/the natural world
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• decompose: To cause (chemical) to separate into smaller parts
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• magnet: Metal object that attracts or repels other metals
• eddy: Circular movement of water or air
• hopper: Mix of things to be considered or done
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• shredder: Device that cuts up confidential documents
• sewage: Waste matter/excrement carried away in sewers
• shred: To tear or rip up something to small pieces
• recyclable: Able to be used again
• discard: To take a card out of your hand in a card game
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe