Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• in use: Being used at the present time.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in terms of
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• take down: To capture physically
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• trend: Current style or fashion
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• replace: To use instead of something else
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• layout: Plan or design of something, e.g. of book page
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• rover: Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
• inhospitable: Being difficult to live in due to conditions
• proverb: A saying that gives advice
• floppy: Being soft and able to be bent easily
• curator: Person who is in charge of objects for exhibition
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• comeback: A clever or witty retort or reply
• fashionable: Behaving and dressing as is currently popular
• clockwork: Any mechanism of geared wheels driven by a spring
• typewriter: Machine you tap keys on to print letters on paper
• fax: To transmit documents with a facsimile machine
• commodore: Officer of high rank in the British navy
• walkman: A portable cassette player popular in 1980s