Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• on time
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• better known as: More widely or commonly recognized by a particular name or description.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• at a loss
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• federal funding: Financial assistance provided by the federal government to support various projects, programs, or organizations.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• white collar: Relating to the work done in an office or other professional environment.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• slightly: Only a little
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• require: To demand that someone does something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• public: Owned by the government
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• own: To have something as your property
• daily: Happening every day
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• metropolitan: Concerning a very large city
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• rank: To rate or class things
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• intersect: To divide something by crossing it
• metro: Underground railway or subway
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)