Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• in the red: Operating at a loss; in debt.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• bear with me: Be patient with me.
• leave school: To finish your education at a school, college, or university.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• talks on: To talk at length about a particular subject.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• at least: As a minimum
• at that time: During a specific point in the past.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
• graph: Image expressing numerical data in lines or shapes
• late: At a time after the expected time
• red: Being the color of blood
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• upside: Above, over
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• news: Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
• nursing: To care for and look after someone who is sick
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• happen: To take place or occur
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• unmarried: Not being married
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• birth: Time when a baby or young animal is born
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• flexible: Bending easily
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• structural: Concerning or caused by structure
• thesis: Long paper presenting original research and ideas
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• gender: State of being male or female
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• shrink: To become smaller
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• crawled: To move very slowly or cautiously
• workforce: The total number of working people
• daycare: Childcare during the day while parents work
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• evaluation: Judgment about the value or condition of something
• horizontal: Concerning the horizon
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
• margin: Edge of an area
• quota: Specific number you must make or are allowed
• childcare: Looking after children and babies
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• woodwork: Work made of wood, e.g. moldings or furniture
• certification: Official or legal permission to do something
• affirmative: Saying 'yes'; confirming; agreeing to
• archipelago: Group of several small islands
• resound: To echo with the sound of
• myriad: Very large quantity of something