PROFICIENCY MASTERCLASS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Vocabulary flashcards based on the provided lecture notes.

Digital native (1)

A person who was born or raised during the age of digital technology and is familiar with computers, the internet, and gadgets from an early age.

Digital immigrant (2)

A person who was born before the widespread use of digital technology and had to adapt to it later in life.

Light years (3)

A great amount of progress or time

Warp speed (4)

Extremely fast speed, originally from science fiction.

Quantum leap (5)

A very big and significant change or advance.

Stardust (6)

A magical or dreamy quality.

Lift-off (7)

A strong beginning.

Hear the end (of it) (8)

Usually in the negative – to be constantly reminded of something annoying or shameful.

Play (something) by ear (9)

To act without a plan and improvise.

Come out of someone’s ears (10)

To have too much of something.

Up to my ears (in something) (11)

Very busy or overwhelmed.

Make your ears prick up (12)

To suddenly start listening attentively.

Give someone an earful (13)

To tell someone off or express anger at them.

Make for (14)

To move toward or cause a particular result.

Make do with (15)

To use what is available even if it's not ideal.

Make good (16)

1) To succeed, or 2) to compensate or repair.

Make or break (17)

Something that will lead to success or failure.

Make up for (18)

To compensate for something.

Be on the make (19)

To be aggressively seeking success, often selfishly.

Have the makings of (20)

To have the potential to become something.

Make out (21)

1) To understand/see something.

Make like (22)

To pretend to be or act like.

Make off with (23)

To steal something and run away.

A slice of life (24)

A realistic representation of everyday life.

A piece of cake (25)

Something very easy.

There is no such thing as a free lunch (26)

Nothing is truly free; everything has a cost.

Money makes the world go around (27)

Money drives people and society.

Money doesn’t grow on trees (28)

Money is not easily gained or unlimited.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be (29)

Avoid lending or borrowing money.

You get what you pay for (30)

Cheap things are usually low quality.

Money is the root of all evil (31)

Money causes many bad actions.

Money’s no object (32)

Money is not a concern (someone can afford it).

A fool and his money are soon parted (33)

Unwise people lose money quickly.

Fork out (34)

To pay for something unwillingly.

Squander (35)

Waste money or resources carelessly.

Sink into (36)

Fall deeply into a bad state (like poverty or debt).

Be on the breadline (37)

Be extremely poor.

Loaded (38)

Very rich.

Shell out (39)

Spend a lot of money (often reluctantly).

Be rolling in it (40)

Have a lot of money.

Be strapped for cash (41)

Have very little money available.

Broke (42)

Having no money.

Be in the market (43)

Looking to buy something.

Be on the market (44)

Be available for purchase.

Cut out (4

Stop doing something; eliminate.