Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• phone up: To make a telephone call to someone.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• at least: As a minimum
• on display: In a place where something can be seen by the public.
• hit the button: To press a button, typically to activate a device or function.
• do up: To dress (yourself) in a special
• start on: To begin or start doing something.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• performance: Act of doing something
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fusion: Combining various things to make something new
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• display: (Animals) to indicate readiness for sex
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• wise: Knowledgeable about life; having good judgment
• deep: Complex and important
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• shoot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• announce: To make a public statement about a plan, decision
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• live: To be alive
• image: Picture, sculpture or painting of something
• ambient: Of or in the surrounding area or air
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• refresh: To refill a person's glass with a drink
• wilderness: Rural area left natural and largely untouched
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• memo: Brief note or message left for another person
• playback: Act of reproducing recorded sound
• connectivity: Degree to which computer system has connections
• pixel: Small element forming image on TV/computer screen
• configure: To construct or arrange in a certain way
• aperture: Hole or opening controlling e.g. light on a lens
• nanometer: One billionth of a meter
• dynamically: In a forceful active and energetic manner
• ole: Dialect another way of saying 'old'
• telephoto: Photograph made with a telephoto lens
• hertz: Unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves