Vocabulary

• per year: For each year; annually.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• in flight: Act of flying
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• level out: To become flat or even; to make something flat or even.
• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• on end: Continuously; without stopping.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• due to: Because of; owing to
• aim at: To point or direct something, such as a weapon, towards a target.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• within reach: Close enough to be grabbed or used.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• amount: Quantity of something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• leave: To go away from; depart
• mandate: To order that something is done
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• shut: To stop being open for business
• land: Region or country
• proliferation: Sudden and fast increase in something
• product: Item that can be bought
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• rusty: Performing badly from lack of practice
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• idle: (Of engine) to be running but not moving the car
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
• avenger: Someone who takes revenge on someone
• frontline: Front, especially one between military positions
• airplane: A machine that flies through the air