| Term | Definition |
|---|
| fascinating | extremely interesting |
| a centenarian | someone who's 100 years old |
| an insight | a clear, deep and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation |
| to offer | to agree to give |
| to report | to give a description of something or information about it to someone |
| to reach | to arrive at |
| to invent | to design and/or create something which has never been made before |
| remarkably | used for emphasizing (= beklemtonen) how surprising or unusual something is |
| to award | to give money or a prize following an official decision |
| to repair | to put something that is damaged, broken or not working correctly, back into good condition or make it work again |
| to run | to be in control of |
| munition | military weapons such as guns and bombs |
| a lorry | a large vehicle used for transporting goods |
| was invalided out | was declared unfit for military service |
| to pronounce | to declare |
| rewarding | giving a reward, especially by making you feel satisfied that you have done something important or useful, or done something well |
| to design | to make or draw plans for something, for example clothes or buildings |
| a frame | the basic structure |
| a shilling | a unit of money used in Britain until 1971 |
| a patent | the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years |
| manufacturing | the business of producing goods in large numbers |
| to propose | to ask someone to marry you |
| a workaholic | a person who works a lot of the time and finds it difficult not to work |
| a property | a building or area of land, or both together |
| despite | without taking any notice of or being influenced by |
| a commitment | when you are willing to give your time and energy to something that you believe in, or a promise or firm decision to do something |
| to serve | to be a soldier in the army |
| quite | completely |
| keen | very interested, eager or wanting (to do) something very much |
| traffic | the amount of vehicles moving along roads |
| pollution | damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances or waste |
| ought to | should |
| to abolish | to end an activity or custom officially |
| longevity | living for a long time |
| abuse | misuse |
| intoxicating | if a drink is this, it makes you drunk if you have too much |
| a sidecar | a small one-wheeled vehicle fixed to the side of a motorcycle to hold a passenger |
| inevitable | certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented |
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