Matching Pairs VOCABULARY 1-4Online version Match key social concepts with their meanings. by Maitane S. Curiel 1 UNIT 1 Creativity 1 get stuck 2 Daydream 3 stick with 4 explore 5 dream up 6 get inspiration 7 emerge 8 stimulate 9 Boost 10 follow through moment or feeling of excitement that gives you new ideas or the urge to create, learn, or do something better being baffled by a question, unable to understand something, or feeling unable to continue with a task to help something increase, improve, or become stronger a series of imaginative thoughts you have while you're awake, often making you forget what's around you for a bit to imagine or invent a new idea, plan, or story using your imagination, often something creative, unusual, or silly, not usually related to sleeping to keep doing it, not give up, and not change to something else to encourage something to start, grow, or become more active to travel around a new place to learn about it to come out into view, become known, or appear from somewhere hidden to finish what you start, to carry an action or plan all the way to its completion 1 UNIT 2 Scientific research 1 Adopt an approach to 2 process data 3 Conduct 4 test a theory 5 observe 6 Demonstrate the possibility that 7 provide evidence 8 field of study 9 Analyse 10 procedure 11 variety of sources 12 major breakthrough a sudden, significant discovery or development that overcomes a major obstacle, leading to important progress or success to notice and comment on something you've seen or learned, often after careful watching or thinking to offer facts, information, examples, or proof to support a claim, idea, or argument, showing it's true or valid to show, prove, or provide evidence that something could happen, exist, or is achievable examine (something) methodically and in detail, typically in order to explain and interpret it the process of collecting, converting, and manipulating raw data into meaningful, usable information using many different types of information, like books, websites, interviews, articles… a specific branch of knowledge or a subject area systematically checking if an explanation holds true by making predictions and gathering data a set of specific, ordered steps or rules you follow to get something done correctly and consistently personal behavior; way of acting to choose a clear, straightforward way to explain something, focusing on core concepts 1 UNIT 3 Change 1 transform 2 Make advances IN 3 Inspire 4 Remarkable achievement 5 Influence 6 Make the world of difference 7 Make improvements TO 8 turning point 9 seek ways to improve 10 Overcome difficulties to succeed in dealing with or controlling problems, challenges, or obstacles through effort, persistence make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of to take actions that make it better, more effective, or more desirable to fill someone with the urge, motivation, or enthusiasm to do or create something a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results. to progress or develop in a field (like science) or to make a move, often romantic or flirtatious, to get closer to someone to improve a situation greatly or to be very important and impactful to proactively look for and implement methods to make something better a significant success or accomplishment that is unusual, special, and worthy of significant attention the power or ability to affect someone's or something's behavior, development, or decisions 1 UNIT 4 Soiety 1 life expectancy 2 A tiny minority 3 Senior citizens 4 individual privacy 5 Aging population 6 protect your identity 7 Own your own property 8 end poverty 9 be made homeless the average period that a person may expect to live older, who has often retired from work and might be eligible for special benefits like discounts or healthcare being careful about what you share online, using strong, private passwords, and understanding that anything posted can be permanent eradicating extreme poverty (living on very little income) and reducing poverty in all its dimensions the right to control personal information, actions, and space, keeping them free from unwanted intrusion, surveillance, or disclosure by others having the legal right to possess, control, use, and transfer a specific asset an extremely small number or proportion of people or things within a much larger group lacking a stable, safe, and adequate place to live, often forced out due to eviction, relationship breakdown, abuse, or economic hardship a demographic trend where the proportion of older individuals (often 65+) increases relative to younger age groups