Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• get the picture: To understand a situation or idea.
• compared with: In relation to
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• mortgage payments: Regular installments paid towards the repayment of a mortgage loan.
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• have to: Must do
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• in terms of
• in motion: Moving; not stationary.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• deal with
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• trend: Current style or fashion
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• successive: Happening one after another in a series
• austerity: Lack of luxury or plenty
• creak: (Of door, etc.) to make a loud squeaking noise