Vocabulary

• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• coming to you: To approach or arrive at your location
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• economic collapse: A severe and prolonged downturn in economic activity.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
• do without: To manage without having or doing something
• on the money: Exactly correct or precise.
• on the plus side: Considering the advantages or positive aspects.
• hook up with: To meet or connect with someone.
• dust off: To remove dust from something by wiping or brushing.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• sell off: To sell something quickly, usually because you need the money or because you want to stop being involved with it.
• out of work
• going on: To continue doing something
• hang in: To persevere; to not give up.
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• brag: To speak too proudly about yourself
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• stimulus: Something that causes a change
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• migrant: Person moving to live and work in another place
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• moody: Showing sudden or wide variations in mood
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• cynicism: Belief that bad motivates things/people are bad
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• apocalyptic: Involving great disaster or destruction
• elevate: To make something higher
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• fund: To supply money for something
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• allege: To state without proof
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• let: To allow someone to do something
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• bleed: To allow a liquid or gas to escape
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• callous: Hardhearted; uncaring
• impeach: To charge a public official with misconduct
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• alarming: Making you feel worried or frightened
• treasury: Government office concerned with finance
• duel: Competition between two athletes or enemies
• casino: Establishment that hosts legalized gambling
• afterlife: Life after death
• foreclosure: Proceedings to gain assets when debt is not paid
• beck: Poetic mountain stream; brook
• lt: Short for 'lieutenant'