UNIT: 18

VOCABULARY: INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

TOPIC VOCABULARY

artificial (adj)

automatic (adj)

complicated 9adj)

decrease (v, n)

digital (adj)

discover (v)

effect (n)

equipment (n)

estimate (v)

exact (adj)

experiment (v, n)

gadget (n)

hardware (n)

invent (v)

involve (v)

laboratory (n)

lack (n, v)

laptop (n)

maximum (adj)

minimum (adj)

operate (v)

plastic (n, adj)

program (v, n)

research (n)

run (v)

screen (n)

software (n)

sudden (adj)

technology (n)

unique (adj)

PHRASAL VERBS

break down

come across

find out

make up

pull off

throw away

turn off

turn on

Stop working (for machine, etc)

Find sth by chance

Discover information

Invent an explanation, excuse, etc.

Break by pulling

Put sth in a rubbish bin

Stop a machine working

Start a machine working

WORD FORMATION

boil

chemist

conclude

examine

fascinate

boiler, boiling

chemical, chemistry

conclusion

exam(ination), examiner

fascination, fascinating

history

identical

long

measure

science

historic, historian

identically

length

measurement

scientist

WORD PATTERNS

adjectives

verbs

nouns

different to/ from

full of

begin sth with

connect sth to/ with

disconnect sth from

fill sth with

result in

a difference between

an idea about

a number of

a reason for

a type of

Prepositional phrases

At last

By chance

In my opinion

In the end

In the future

Out of order