Unit 6 ENGELS

• accelerate


  to speed up
• accuracy


  the ability to do something in an exact way without making a mistake
• arrival


  when someone or something arrives somewhere
• at the last minute


  at the last possible time, just before it is too late
• be in the middle of doing sth


  to be busy doing something
• be in time (for sth)


  to be in the perfect moment for something
• be on the point of doing sth


  to be going to do something very soon
• be on time


  to arrive somewhere punctually
• be running late


  to arrive, go somewhere, or do something late
• begin with


  used to introduce the first and most important point you want to make; during the first part of a process or activity
• behavioural


  connected to behaviour
• blur


  a shape that you cannot see clearly
• by the time


  before or not later than a particular time
• combination


  two or more different things that exist together or are used or put together
• confident


  sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect
• daily


  happening or done every day
• deadly


  likely to cause death
• deep – depth – deepen


  depth: the distance from the top surface of something such as a river or hole to the bottom of it
• dramatically


  in a great and sudden way
• educator


  a teacher or someone involved in the process of educating people
• enthusiasm


  a strong feeling of interest and enjoyment about something and an eagerness to be involved in it
• environmental


  concerning or affecting natural environment
• every other (day/week, etc.)


  each second day/week, etc.
• exciting


  making you feel excited
• expand


  to become larger in size, number or amount, or to make something become larger
• failure


  a lack of success in achieving or doing something
• functional


  designed to be useful rather than beautiful or attractive
• high – height – heighten


  height: how tall someone or something is
• in good time


  if you do something in good time, you do it early enough to be ready for a particular time or event
• in no time


  very quickly or soon
• industrial


  relating to industry or the people working in it
• inhabitant


  one of the people who live in a particular place
• keep up the momentum


  to keep increasing, developing or being more successful
• long – length – lengthen


  length: the measurement of how long something is from one end to the other
• miniature


  much smaller than normal
• narrative


  a description of events in a story, especially in a novel
• naturalist


  someone who studies plants or animals
• neutralise


  to prevent something from having any effect
• occasionally


  sometimes, but not regularly and not often
• on a daily basis


  the way that something happens every day, or the way that something is organised or done every day