1. Poky	Annoyingly small and restrained
2. Drab	Dull and boring
3. Lithe	Easily bent or flexed
7. Wimpy (wimpier)	Weak, lacking confidence or determination
9. Cramped	Narrowly confined
12. Plush	Very smart, comfortable, or expensive.
13. Lean	When describing periods of time, it means that people have less of something such as money or are less successful than they used to be.
14. Hulking	Person or object that is extremely large, heavy, or slow-moving, especially when they seem threatening in some way
16. To ferry	to transport / take sthg from one place to another
17. Behemoth	Something massive like a giant conglomerate for example
20. Alas	Sadly, unfortunately
21. Srapheap	A pile of chatarra
23. Ethos	philosophy / beliefs
24. Even as	at the very same moment or in the very same way that
28. Iteration	version, incarnation, model
29. Rebooted	relaunched / updated and improved
30. Sprogs	small children
31. Ailing	in poor health / declining
33. To plump for	to choose sthg or someone after careful consideration
34. To crimp	m: to restrain, reduce
35. To bundle	to push someone somewhere / into a place in a rough way
36. To latch down	to fasten in place
38. Runaround	a runaround is the second car, normally a much smaller model, you use to move around in the city center.
40. Squabbling	arguing
41. For all	despite / here: por muchos defectos que tengan…
43. Galvanise	to cause someone to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry.
44. Nag	when people keep asking you to do something you have not done yet or do not want to do
45. Unabated	without any reduction in intensity or amount.
47. A sea change	expression meaning a major transformation.
48. Sprawling	spread-out, extensive, tentacular.
49. Spur	to incite, drive, encourage.
50. Chime	to ring or sound here: to agree or harmonize with.
51. Compel	to force, urge, oblige
53. Diatribe	an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.
54. Blunt	to weaken, soften, numb.
55. A conversion rate	performance/ efficiency of an energy producing system
58. A trade-off	a giving up of one thing in return for another
62. A heat pump	Aerotermia
64. A pie in the sky	Used to describe or refer to something that is pleasant to contemplate but is very unlikely to be realized.
65. To bask in	To take pleasure from something that makes you feel good.
66. To beam (down)	To send out a ray of light, an electrical or radio signal, etc.
68. A shortfall	A failure to come up to expectation or need or the amount of such failure.
70. To piggyback (off/on/onto)	To use something that already exists or has already been done successfully to do something else quickly or effectively
72. To harness	to control something, usually in order to use its power
73. Insurmountable	so great that it cannot be dealt with successfully
74. Blaring	Gerund. Intransitive verb. To sound loud and strident
75. To leapfrog	Infinitive. Transitive verb. Here: to avoid/evade a problem/obstacle. Comes from a children's game in which one player bends down so that another player can leap over the back of the first player!
76. Savvy	Adjective. Having practical understanding or knowledge of something
77. To vault	infinitive. Transitive verb. To leap over; especially : to leap over by or as if by aid of the hands or a pole
80. Sapping (to sap)	Gerund. Transitive verb. To gradually diminish the supply or intensity of. Comes from the fluid that circulates through a plant
81. Under way	Set phrase. In progress.
82. To tweak	Infinitive. Transitive verb. To make small changes in order to improve something.
83. To pilfer	Past participle. Transitive verb. To steal in small quantities
85. To underscore	Infinitive. Transitive verb. To emphasize (something) or show the importance of (something
86. To top up	Past participle. Phrasal verb. To make up to the full quantity, capacity, or amount. To replenish
87. Ubiquitous	Adjective. existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered. Widespread.
88. To rig	Infinitive. Transitive verb. To manipulate or control usually by deceptive or dishonest means
89. To tamper with	Past participle. Intransitive verb. To interfere so as to weaken or change for the worse - used with with
91. To saddle	To give someone something that is difficult to deal with. To burden (someone) with.
92. Utility	Used twice in the text: first as part of a compound adjective and then in its plural form. ↢A business that supplies a public service (as electricity or gas) under special regulation by the government.
93. To fret	To be afraid of, to worry
95. Upfront	These types of payments or costs are paid before you get the goods or services you are paying for
97. Default	A failure to make a payment (such as a payment on a loan)
98. Sleek	straight and smooth in design or shape. Also: stylish and attractive
99. Deployed	to organize and send out (people or things) to be used for a particular purpose
106.Comprises	is made up of / contains
107. Stifling	To withhold from circulation or expression
108.Deployment	to cut off /the voice, the breath) in Spanish: despliegue
109.Stoke	To poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel / to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of
110. To counter	to offset, nullify
111.To ramp up	to speed up, expand, or increase especially quickly or at a constant rate à ramp up production
114.To perch	to settle, or rest on a perch, a height, or a precarious spot
115.To advocate	to support or argue for (a cause, policy, etc.) to plead in favor of
116.To wind down	gradually reduce the amount of something
118.Nozzles	The nozzle of a hose or pipe is a narrow piece fitted to the end to control the flow of liquid or gas.
119. The theory goes that	Used just before you quote all or part of a theory, an argument...
120.Plume	an elongated and usually open and mobile column or band (as of smoke, exhaust gases, or blowing snow)
123.The thin end of the wedge	The thin end of the wedge: an action or procedure of little importance that is likely to lead to more serious developments. A wedge: una cuña
124. At scale	at the required size to solve the problem
125. Worse off	better off/worse off
127. Press the case for Press the case for / press a case or claim	to continue to try to make people accept your demands.
128.To belch out	to eruct, to let out
129.To cut through	to go through an area instead of going around the edge of it
130.A menagerie	a collection of wild animals kept in cages (used here metaphorically).
132. Bonanza	a large amount of something good within a short period of time (synonyms: windfall / boon).
135. An edge	an advantage that makes someone or something more successful than other people or things.
136.To go a long way towards	it helps someone to achieve something – used with a gerund
137. Swathes	a large area of land / large sectors, amounts of…
138. To kick in	to start to have an effect.
141. Primed	to put into working order by filling or charging with something
142.To dispatch	to send someone or something somewhere
143.Offshore	in the sea, not on the land
144.Onshore	on land rather than on the sea
146.En masse	All together as a group
147. Afoot	(adjective – always placed AFTER the noun): being planned or starting to happen.
148. Amenity	something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment. Attractiveness.
149.Inherently	essentially belonging by nature or habit : intrinsically
150.Retooled	(verb – past participle): to organize something in a different way in order to improve it
154.Flimsy	fragile
155.Fleeting	brief, vanishing
156.All the more so	aún más / con más razón aún
157.To balloon	To swell or increase exponentially / skyrocket
158.Landfills	the disposal of waste material by burying it, especially as a method of filling in and reclaiming excavated pits.
159.Nick (uncountable)	condition/state
160.Friction	The friction cost comprehensively takes into consideration all of the costs associated with a transaction (for example fees and commissions of middlemen).
161.Whizzy	wizardly / extraordinary
162.Idle	unused / not working
163.Offload	here: to give away, sell / disburden, discharge… (descargar / deshacerse)
167.Knick-knacks	cachivaches
171.To fetch	reach an (impressive) amount of money
172.Garb	(literary) attire / apparel / garment
173.To dwarf	to make other things seem insignificant
175.Legwork	Active physical work
176.To cotton on (to)	to come to understand
179.A mishap	a mistake / an incident
180.Proprietary(adj)	self-developed / built in-house by a given company
182.Curated	carefully and skilfully selected
183.Self-reinforcing	tending or serving to strengthen itself / entering a virtuous cycle

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