PTE Academic Expert B1 Module 4 | Quizlet

invent

to create or produce (something useful) for the first time

invention

something created, such as

a useful new device or process

label

a name shown on clothes or products that indicates the store, company, or person who sold, produced, or designed the clothes

manufacture

the process of making products especially with machines in factories (noun)

originally

in the beginning/ when something first happened or began

passenger

a person who is traveling from one place to another in a car, bus, train, ship, airplane, etc., and who is not driving or working on it

contribute

to give something, such as money, goods, or time to help a person, group, cause, or organization

distribution

the act of delivering something to a store, a business, or people

equipment

supplies or tools needed for a special purpose

innovation

a new idea, device, or method

invest

to spend money on building or improving something

require

to make it necessary or mandatory for someone to do something

required resources

an important or necessary supply of something that someone has and can use when it is needed

foreign investment

the act of using money to earn more money in another country

technological innovation

a new technological idea, device, or method

slow process

a series of slow actions that produce something or that lead to a particular result

contributed to (the development of the) project

to give help a person or a group to complete a planned piece of work that has a specific purpose

local economy

the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought locally

created opportunities

a chance that is made by someone or people

abroad

in or to a foreign country

foreign

located outside a particular place or country and especially outside your own country

route

a way that someone or something regularly travels along

way

the series of roads, paths, etc., that can be used to go from one place to another

journey

an act of traveling from one place to another/ trip

crossing

the act of going across something/ journey across water

flight

the airplane that is making a journey

tourism

the activity of traveling to a place for pleasure

sights

famous or interesting places in an area

arrival

the act of coming to or reaching a place

destination

a place to which a person is going or something is being sent

board

to get into or onto an airplane, a bus, a train, etc.

depart

to leave a place especially to start a journey

transport

to carry someone or something from one place to another

set off

to begin traveling

key features

an interesting and important part, quality, or ability

organize

to arrange and plan something

drive-through

a business such as a bank or restaurant that is designed so that customers can be served while remaining in their cars

flat-pack

a piece of furniture or other equipment that is sold in pieces packed flat in a box for easy transport and is assembled by the buyer

predictable

capable of being known before happening or being done

individual differences

the differences among people in a group

historical period

a period in the past

national identity

a country's culture, languages and traditions

political parties

an organized group of people with at least roughly similar political aims and opinions, that seeks to influence public policy by getting its candidates elected to public office

social responsibility

the idea that an organization should make decisions which benefit a community

earlier times

earlier in time/ previously

equal opportunities

policies and practices in employment and other areas that do not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability.

international organization

a group of people with members from around the world

national

of or relating to an entire nation or country (adjective)

nation

a large area of land that is controlled by its own government/ country (noun)

differ

to be different/ to have different opinions (verb)

difference

the quality that makes one person or thing unlike another (noun)

effective

producing a result that is wanted/ having an intended effect (adjective)

effectively

in a way that produces a desired result/ in an effective manner (adverb)

communication

the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else (noun)

communicate

to give information about (something) to someone by speaking, writing, moving your hands, etc. (verb_

speaker

someone who talks about something to a group of people (noun)

speak

to say words in order to express your thoughts, feelings, opinions, etc., to someone/ to talk to someone (verb)

symbolize

to be a symbol of something (verb)

symbol

an action, object, event, etc., that expresses or represents a particular idea or quality (noun)

operate

to function or behave in a proper or particular way (verb)

cooperate

to work together/ to work with another person or group to do something (verb)

standard

a level of quality, achievement, etc., that is considered acceptable or desirable (adjective)

nonstandard

not accepted or used by most of the educated speakers and writers of a language (adjective)

speech

a spoken expression of ideas, opinions, etc., that is made by someone who is speaking in front of a group of people (noun)

diverse

made up of people or things that are different from each other

immigration

to come to a country to live there

locate

to find the place or position of something or someone

majority

most of the people or things in a group

medical

of or relating to the treatment of diseases and injuries

range

a group of things that are different but belong to the same type

relevant

relating to a subject in an appropriate way

revolution

a sudden, extreme, or complete change in the way people live, work, etc.

role

the job or the thing you do in an organization

create

to make or produce something/ to cause something new to exist

individual

one person, considered separately from the rest