IELTS Writing Essay: Robots at Home

Vocabulary Answers

increasingly common more and more often

homeowners people who have houses

deal with handle

wholly positive entirely good

better allocate resources put money into new areas

fully humanoid robots robots that are similar to people

Roomba an electronic vacuum device

mobile webcams cameras on your computer

security surveillance keeping a watch on your home for criminals

lawn care taking care of your yard

bridge the gap shorten the distance/link

artificial intelligence smart computers

better invested allocate resources smarter

significant other girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife

sizeable percentage large proportion

operating budgets money to run your business

labour workforce

dwindle disappearing

concomitant rise resultant increase

investiture funding

research and development money spent on coming up with new ideas

existing products what your company already makes

add up combine to

hasten speed up

new advances reach consumers new technology finds its way to customers

reliant on depend on

manual labour physical work

divert take from

elevate human endeavours allow for greater achievements

large scale adoption everyone using

bodes well is a good sign

streamline simplify, speed up

looming risks upcoming problems

massive unemployment lots of people without jobs

mitigated lessen the impact of

encouraging ethical corporate practices incentivising companies to be good