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Hand off
phrasal verb
To give control / responsibility of something to someone else
They have handed off responsibility to their children.
We might need to hand off power to the Russians.
Way more
determiner
A lot more
We’re going to need way more startup capital.
She tends to sleep way more during the weekend.
At stake
noun
At risk
There seems to be a lot at stake in Ukraine.
Thousands of jobs are at stake if they close down.
Ferry
verb
To transport people or goods in a vehicle
She has to ferry all three her children to school every day.
They plan on ferrying tourists to the moon on a regular basis.
Count on
phrasal verb
To depend on someone / something
I believe we can count on them to support us.
You can count on me!
Atmosphere
noun
The gasses surrounding the earth (or any planet)
There is too much carbon forming in the Earth’s atmosphere.
The rocket burned up when re-entering the atmosphere.
A hundredfold
adjective
A hundred times
Inflation will make these prices increase a hundredfold.
Prices have gone up a hundredfold.
The farther reaches of …
phrase
The most distant part of something
They hope to conquer the farther reaches of space.
The Dutch and Portuguese explored the farther reaches of the oceans.
Haul
verb
To take something / someone somewhere
We need to haul all of this trash to the dump.
The police hauled him off to jail.