Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• regardless of
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• slightly: Only a little
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• amount: Quantity of something
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• initial: First letter of your given name
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• factor: Something that influences a result
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• huge: Very very large
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• couple: To join something to something else
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• ultraviolet: Concerning light waves that are extremely short
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• northern: In or toward the north
• waterproof: That keeps water out, as of clothes
• upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information