Planet
An extremely large round mass of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, which moves in a circular path around the Sun or another star
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Undergo
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To experience something which is unpleasant or which involves a change
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Sustain
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To cause or allow something to continue for a period of time
Eg: The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.
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Rotate
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To (cause to) turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point
Eg: Rotate the handle by 180° to open the door.
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Propel
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To push or move something somewhere, often with a lot of force
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Float
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To stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink
Eg: An empty bottle will float
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Colonize
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To send people to live in and govern another country
Eg: Peru was colonized by the Spanish in the sixteenth century.
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Acclimatize
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O (cause to) change to suit different conditions of life, weather, etc
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Unmanned
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Describes a spacecraft, or a place where military guards work, that has no people present to operate or be in charge of it
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Toxic
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Poisonous
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Terrestrial
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Relating to the planet Earth
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Solar
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Of or from the sun, or using the energy from the sun to produce electric power
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Uninhabitable
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Not habitable (= suitable to live in)
Eg: If there's no roof then the house is uninhabitable.
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Balcony
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An area with a wall or bars around it that is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level
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Brick
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A rectangular block of hard material used for building walls and houses
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Building
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A structure with walls and a roof such as a house or factory, or the business of making these
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Ceiling
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The inside surface of a room which you can see when you look above you
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Concrete
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A very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones and water
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Construction
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The work of building or making something, especially buildings, bridges, etc.
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Cottage
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A small house, usually in the countryside
Eg: They live in an idyllic country/thatched cottage, with roses round the door.
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Design
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To make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings
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Device
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An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose
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Elevator
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A small room which carries people or goods up and down in tall buildingsstairs and liftsmachinery and machineshousehold equipment and domestic chores2. A moving
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Engineering
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The work of an engineer, or the study of this work
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Frame
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A border which surrounds and supports a picture, door or window
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Gadget
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A small device or machine with a particular purpose
Eg: Have you seen this handy little gadget - it's for separating egg yolks from whites.
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Housing
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Buildings for people to live in
Eg: There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.
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Innovation
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(the use of) a new idea or method
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Invention
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Something which has never been made before, or the process of creating something which has never been made before
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Landmark
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A building or place that is easily recognized, especially one which you can use to judge where you are
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Occupant
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1. A person who lives or works in a room or building
2. A person who is in a car, room, seat, place or position
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Platform
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1. [C]a flat raised area or structure
2. [C]a long flat raised structure at a railway station, where people get on and off trains
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Quarry
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A large artificial hole in the ground where stone, sand, etc. Is dug for use as building material
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Residental areas
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A residential road, area, etc. Has only private houses, not offices and factories.
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Domestic
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Relating to a person's own country
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Disposable
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Describes a product that is intended to be thrown away after use
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Curved
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A line which bends continuously and has no straight parts
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Airy
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With a lot of light and space
Eg: The new offices are light and airy
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Cozy
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Comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because small and warm
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Cramped
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Not having enough space or time
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Timber
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Trees that are grown so that the wood from them can be used for building
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Logging
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The activity of cutting down trees for wood
Eg: logging companies.
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Tension
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A feeling of nervousness before an important or difficult event
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Structure
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The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
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Storage
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The putting and keeping of things in a special place for use in the future
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Steel
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A strong metal which is a mixture of iron and carbon, and which is used for making things which need a strong structure, especially vehicles and buildings
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Staircase
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A set of stairs inside a building usually with a bar fixed on the wall or onto vertical poles at the side for you to hold on to
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Skyscraper
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A very tall modern building, usually in a city
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Exterior
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Outer; on or from the outside
Eg: In some of the villages the exterior walls of the houses are painted pink.
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Functional
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Designed to be practical and useful rather than attractive
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Futuristic
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Strange and very modern, or intended or seeming to come from some imagined time in the future
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High
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Greater than the usual level or amount
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Innovative
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Using new methods or ideas
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Internal
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Existing or happening inside a person, object, organization, place or country
Eg: The government warned its neighbours not to interfere in its internal affairs.
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Mass-produced
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To produce a lot of goods cheaply using machines in a factory
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Modern
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Designed and made using the most recent ideas and methods
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Multi-storey
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Describes a building with several floors
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Old-fashioned
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Not modern, belonging to or typical of a time in the past
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Ornate
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Having a lot of complicated decoration
Eg: a room with an ornate ceiling and gold mirrors
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Prefabricated
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Describes buildings or objects built from parts which have been made in a factory and can be put together quickly
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Spacious
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Large and with a lot of space
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State-of-the-art
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Very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods
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Traditional
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Following or belonging to the customs or ways of behaving that have continued in a group of people or society for a long time without changing
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Typical
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Showing all the characteristics that you would usually expect from a particular group of things
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Ultra
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Modern
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Activate
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To cause something to start
To make a chemical reaction happen more quickly, especially by heating
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Automate
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To make a process in a factory or office operate by machines or computers, in order to reduce the amount of work done by humans and the time taken to do the work
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Condemn
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To criticize something or someone strongly,
Eg: The film was condemned for its sexism.
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Decorate
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To add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive
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Demolish
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To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else
Eg: A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.
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Design
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To make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings
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Develop
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To (cause something to) grow or change into a more advanced, larger or stronger form
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Devise
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An object or machine which has been invented for a particular purpose
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Haul
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To pull something heavy slowly and with difficulty
Eg: They hauled the boat out of the water.
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Hoist
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To lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine
Eg: A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.
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Invent
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To design and/or create something which has never been made before
Eg: The first safety razor was invented by company founder King C. Gillette in 1903.
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Reconstruct
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To build or create again something that has been damaged or destroyed
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Renovate
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To repair and improve something, especially a building
Eg: He renovates old houses and sells them at a profit.
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Support
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To agree with and give encouragement to someone or something because you want them to succeed
Eg: The majority of people in the town strongly support the plans to build a by-pass
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Computerization
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To use a computer to do something that was done by people or other machines before
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Data
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Information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and processed by a computer
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Keyboard
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The set of keys on a computer or typewriter that you press in order to make it work, or the row of keys on a musical instrument such as a piano
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Keypad
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A small set of keys with numbers on them used to operate a television, telephone, calculator, etc., or the keys with numbers on them usually found on the right side of a computer keyboard
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Laptop
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A computer which is small enough to be carried around easily and is designed for use outside an office
Eg: A laptop would be really useful for when I'm working on the train.
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Memory
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The ability to remember information, experiences and people
Eg: She has an excellent memory for names (= She can remember names easily).
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Monitor
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A person who has the job of watching or noticing particular things
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Patent
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The official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years
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Program
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A series of instructions which can be put into a computer in order to make it perform an operation
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