Vocabulary 1
move your finger over the screen of a mobile phone or tablet in order to move onto the next page, choose something, etc.
swipe
to put electricity into an electrical device
charge
It looks like _______ rain.
it's going to
T/F
I'll have been studying for the next few weeks.
Gilette improving razors; Coca-Cola’s line extensions; Bonpreu offering home delivery.
What type of innovation are they?
Incremental innovation
get something that is better than the one you had before, e.g. phone
upgrade
the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years
patent
The conference _____ at 10am. (start)
starts
T/F
Call me as soon as you will get home.
Dyson’s vaccum cleaner; Apple’s iPhone and iWatch.
What type of innovation are they?
Radical innovation
try hard to succeed, unsuccessfully
struggle
an important discovery or development that helps to solve a problem
breakthrough
Are you ready to order?
Yes, I ____ (have) the spaghetti, please.'ll have
I can't do this exercise.
_____ I give you a hand?
Can you give an example of disruptive innovation?
Netflix, Wikipedia, Über, Bitcon, Airbnb...
pay a great deal of attention to the details of something
cross and the ts and dot the is
a sudden clever idea
brainwave
We ____ (get) married next year.
are getting
T/F
This time next week we'll have finished our exams.
True
What do penicillin, Loctite and X-rays have in common?
They are all invented by mistake.
clear and original understanding of a complicated problem or situation
insightful
the first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms are developed
prototype
This time next week, I ____ (be) flying to Paris.
'll be
When I finish university, I _____ (go) travelling.
'm going to go
What did Tim Berners-Lee invent?
The Internet!