the generation of people born between 1981 and 1996.
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Generation
all the people in a group or country who are of a similar age.
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Addictive
causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted / sth that you cannot stop doing once you have started.
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Fulfillment
the fact of doing something that is necessary or something that someone has wanted or promised to do
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Entitled
believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment
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Meandering
following a winding course
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To expedite
to make happen sooner
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Instant gratification
instant satisfaction
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Innocuous
innocent/not harmful
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Magnanimous
very generous
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Arduous
difficult and tiring
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Articulate (articulate their purpose)
to explain in words, esp. to express something clearly.
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Attack their self image
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Fail at parenting strategies
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Thrust (thrust into the real world)
to push suddenly and strongly.
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Rely on (rely on your friends)
to depend on or trust someone or something.
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Cope with stress and anxiety
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Form relationships
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Check their messages
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Binge
watch
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Waft (waft through life)
to move gently through the air, or to cause this to happen.
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Overcome (overcome challenges)
to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something.
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Wander (minds are wandering)
to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or direction.
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Provocative
causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately; controversial.
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To cite
to quote.
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Misconduct
unacceptable or bad behaviour.
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To boast
to show off.
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To victimise
to pick on.
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Job hopping
switching jobs frequently.
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Superficial
fake.
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Own up
to admit that you have done something wrong.
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Peep
to appear slowly and not be completely seen.
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Luminous
producing or reflecting bright light, especially in the dark.
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Pew
a long wooden seat with a high back, on which a row of people sit in a church.
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Monastic
connected with monks or monasteries; a monastic way of living is simple with few possessions and no people near you.
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Bustle
to do things in a hurried and busy way.
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The ether
the sky or the air, especially considered as being full of radio waves / heaven.
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Commuter
someone who regularly travels between work and home.
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Stepford (commuters)
behaving like robots, very submissive.
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Anaesthetize
to give anaesthetic (= a substance that makes you unable to feel pain) to a person or animal.
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Mishmash
a confused mixture, chaos.
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Clatter
a series of loud short noises made when a hard object hits against another hard object or surface.
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Hustle
energetic action.
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Chutzpah
unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty; extreme self confidence.
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Clunky
heavy and solid in an ugly way.
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Sleekness
the quality of being modern and fashionable, especially in a way that is simple and clean.
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On the fly
quickly, often while you are doing something else, without preparing and without thinking too much about how it should be done / in a hurry
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Compulsive
doing something a lot and unable to stop doing it.
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Throng
a crowd or large group of people.
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Emit
to send out light, sound, or a smell, or a gas or other substance.
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Squawk
(of a bird) to make an unpleasantly loud, sharp noise.
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Twitch
(to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending to.
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Ditto
also / as well.
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Vacant
not showing much awareness or interest in the world around you.
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Oblivious
not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you.
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Cleric
a religious leader.
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Tune in
be aware of, sensitive to, or able to understand something.
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Tune out
stop listening or paying attention to something.
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Equivalent
having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc.
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Glazed (eyes / look / expression)
showing no interest
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Mediated (life)
indirectly experienced / happening by means of or through sm or sth else
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Empathy
the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation
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Cornerstone
something of great importance that everything else depends on
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Early development
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Phubbing
the act of ignoring someone you are with and giving attention to your mobile phone instead.
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Feed
a web page, screen, etc. that updates (= changes) often to show the latest information.
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Open
ended
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Spontaneous
happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced.
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To flourish
to grow or develop successfully.
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To implicate
to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has happened
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Implicated
[susijęs] connected or related to intimately
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To inhibit
to slow down a process or the growth of something / to prevent someone from doing something by making them feel nervous or embarrassed.
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Reclaim
retrieve or recover (something previously lost, given, or paid); obtain the return of (verb); the action or process of reclaiming or being reclaimed (noun)
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The cache
on one's computer is the storage of information, such as passwords, which can be called up by the computer for future requests.
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To cache
store away in hiding or for future use; store (data) in a cache memory.
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Base
jumping
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Luddites
were a group of workers in the clothing industry in the nineteenth century. They protested violently against the machinery that replaced them during the Industrial Revolution.
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Latter
denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things.
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Rendezvous
a meeting at an agreed time and place.
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Stark
complete; sheer.
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Hectic
full of incessant or frantic activity.
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Cab
a taxi.
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Momentous
of great importance or significance, especially in having a bearing on future events.
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Temptation
the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise.
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To stoke
encourage or incite (a strong emotion or tendency).
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Errand
a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf.
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Snippet
a small piece or brief extract.
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First
hand
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Publicity stunt
a large and coordinated professional or amateur public relations event that is intended to raise awareness about a cause or product.
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Dispatch
the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose.
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