Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• have to: Must do
• kick off: To start a football match.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• for instance: As an example.
• drive down: To cause something to decrease or become lower.
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• make up: To invent or create a story
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• on the hunt: Actively searching for someone or something.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• out of reach: Cannot be touched as it is far away
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• of use: Having practical value; useful or helpful.
• in terms of
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• valuable: Being useful or important
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• performance: Act of doing something
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• piece: A counter in a board game
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• central: Being in the middle
• descriptive: Telling what something is like or looks like
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• sausage: Finely chopped and seasoned meat in a skin
• fix: Answer to a problem
• muscle: Physical power
• tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
• datum: Item of factual information
• catapult: Weapon that projects rocks from an elastic strap
• prescriptive: Determining or ordering rules or laws
• parameter: A characteristic or constant factor; a limit
• polo: Game in which horseback riders try to score goals