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What does the term 'promising' refer to?

Showing signs of future success.

What actions does the verb 'promote' entail?

To support or encourage progress.

How do 'pros and cons' contribute to decision making?

They provide the positive and negative aspects of something.

What does it mean to 'recycle' materials?

To process materials to be reused. Signup and view all the answers

Define the action of 'reflect' in a general context.

To show an image or represent an idea. Signup and view all the answers

What is a 'representative' in a social context?

A person who speaks for others. Signup and view all the answers

What is involved in conducting 'research'?

Careful study to learn new information. Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'take action'?

To do something to solve a problem. Signup and view all the answers

What does the word 'Absorb' mean?

To take in a liquid, gas, or other substance. Signup and view all the answers

Define the term 'Controversial'.

Causing disagreement or discussion. Signup and view all the answers

What is meant by 'Aspire'?

To hope or desire to achieve something. Signup and view all the answers

Explain the meaning of the word 'Disaster'.

A sudden event causing great damage. Signup and view all the answers

What does 'Efficient' entail?

Working well without wasting time or resources. Signup and view all the answers

Describe the concept of 'Cyberbullying'.

Bullying through digital means like the internet. Signup and view all the answers

What does it mean to 'Determine' something?

To decide or conclude something. Signup and view all the answers

Define the adjective 'Developed'.

Advanced or having grown. Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of 'flood'?

An overflow of water that covers normally dry land. Signup and view all the answers

Explain the term 'frustration'.

A feeling upset or annoyed due to difficulty. Signup and view all the answers

What does the phrase 'get rid of' mean?

To remove or throw away something unwanted. Signup and view all the answers

How would you define 'human rights'?

Basic rights and freedoms every person deserves. Signup and view all the answers

What is meant by the term 'innovation'?

A new idea, method, or invention. Signup and view all the answers

What does 'marketing' refer to?

Promoting and selling products or services. Signup and view all the answers

Define 'limitation' as used in the context of the list.

Restricted in amount, size, or extent. Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of 'process' in a business context?

To handle or treat data or materials. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Absorb

To take in a liquid, gas, or other substance.

Access

To get entry or approach something.

Appeal

The quality that makes something attractive or interesting.

Artificially

Made or done by human skill, not naturally.

Aspire

To hope or desire to achieve something.

Atmosphere

The feeling or mood in a place or situation.

Attraction

Something interesting that draws people’s attention.

Automatically

Done without thinking or done by itself.

Avoid

To stay away from something or someone.

Believe it or not

Used to introduce surprising information.

Brand

A type of product made by a particular company.

Cashier

A person handling payments in a store.

Check in

To register, often at a hotel or airport.

Controversial

Causing disagreement or discussion.

Counteract

To act against something to reduce its effect.

Critic

Someone who judges or gives opinions on things.

Currently

At the present time.

Cyberbullying

Bullying through digital means like the internet.

Determine

To decide or conclude something.

Developed

Advanced or having grown.

Disaster

A sudden event causing great damage.

Download

To transfer a file from the internet to a computer.

Efficient

Working well without wasting time or resources.

Elderly

Older in age, usually referring to seniors.

Exchange

To trade or swap one thing for another.

Expand

To increase in size or scope.

Experiment

To test or try something to discover results.

Extreme

Very severe, far from average.

Face

To confront or deal with something challenging.

Fame

Being known and recognized by many people.

Financially

In terms of money.

Fingerprint

A unique mark from a finger used for identification.

Fire

To dismiss someone from a job.

Flood

An overflow of water that covers normally dry land.

For the moment

For now, temporarily.

Frustration

Feeling upset or annoyed due to difficulty.

Get rid of

To remove or throw away something unwanted.

Hardly

Almost not.

Human rights

Basic rights and freedoms every person deserves.

Humanity

All human beings collectively.

Impact

A strong effect on something.

Implication

A possible effect or consequence.

Impressive

Making a strong impact or admiration.

In place of

Instead of something else.

In the first place

To begin with; from the start.

In the long run

Over a long period of time.

In the meantime

During the time before something else happens.

In theory

According to what is supposed, not always reality.

Increasingly

More and more over time.

Innovation

A new idea, method, or invention.

Instant

Happening immediately.

Interact

To communicate or work together.

Item

A single object or thing.

Keep track of

To monitor or follow the progress of something.

Launch

To start or introduce something new.

Likely

Probable or expected to happen.

Limited

Restricted in amount, size, or extent.

Lower

To reduce or make something lower.

Make sense

To be understandable or logical.

Marketing

Promoting and selling products or services.

More and more

Increasingly, becoming more common.

Outcome

The final result of something.

Particular

Specific or special.

Personally

Relating to oneself, individually.

Planet

A large celestial body orbiting a star.

Practically

Almost, or in a real situation.

Predict

To guess what will happen in the future.

Primarily

Mainly, or for the most part.

Priority

Something given more importance.

Private

Belonging to an individual; not public.

Process

To handle or treat data or materials.

Production

The act of making or creating something.

Profession

A type of job requiring special skills.

Promising

Showing signs of future success.

Promote

To support or encourage progress.

Pros and cons

The positive and negative aspects of something.

Protest

To express opposition or disapproval.

Purchase

The act of buying something.

Recycle

To process materials to be reused.

Reflect

To show an image or represent an idea.

Relate to

To connect or link to something.

Representative

A person who speaks for others.

Research

Careful study to learn new information.

Reverse

To change direction or order.

Review

To examine or assess something.

Revolution

A major change, often in society or politics.

Role

The part someone plays in a situation or activity.

Run out of

To use up all of something.

Rural

Related to the countryside.

Self-service

Where customers serve themselves.

Set an example

To behave in a way that others can copy.

Significant

Important or notable.

Society

A community of people living together.

A person or organization that supports financially.

Spray

To spread liquid in small drops.

Subscriber

Someone who receives a service regularly.

Surface

The outermost layer of something.

Survey

A set of questions to gather information.

Take action

To do something to solve a problem.

Take over

To take control of something.

Take seriously

To consider something important.

The reality

What is actually happening or true.

Theft

The act of stealing.

Viewer

Someone who watches something.

Virtually

Almost or nearly.

Warehouse

A large storage building.

While

During the time something else happens.

Wise

Showing good judgment.

With regard to

Concerning or about.

You never know

Expression for uncertainty.

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