Vocabulary

• white collar: Relating to the work done in an office or other professional environment.
• blue collar: Relating to manual work or workers, especially in industry.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• stave off: To keep something away; To repel
• pay gap: The difference between the average earnings of different groups of people (e.g., men and women) in a workforce.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• have at: To attack someone or something.
• by virtue of: By reason of; because of.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• virtuous circle: A recurring cycle of events where each event positively influences the next, leading to continuous improvement.
• aim at: To point or direct something, such as a weapon, towards a target.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• virtue: Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• trend: Current style or fashion
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• arise: To stand up
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• staff: Employees of a company
• virtuous: Having moral goodness
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• encompass: To encircle; cover completely
• collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
• quit: To leave a job
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• elevate: To make something higher
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• reversal: Change to the opposite, often from good to bad
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner