Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at a premium: At a high price or great value; scarce and desirable.
• lie in: To stay in bed later than usual in the morning.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• on site: At the location of a particular activity or project.
• at least: As a minimum
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• material: Cloth; fabric
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• malleable: Easily changed into a new shape (or attitude)
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• century: Period of 100 years
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• drawback: A disadvantage or problem
• skyscraper: Very tall building with many stories
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• solidify: To make or become solid or more solid
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• stable: In a position where something does not fall over
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• great: Very good; better than before
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• incremental: Happening or growing bit by bit over time
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• petrol: Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• forest: Large area with many trees
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• den: Home of some types of wild animals
• sustainably: In a way that can continue over a period of time
• honeycomb: Wax structure of six-sided cells made by bees
• char: To become burnt and the outside appears black