Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• in places: In some locations but not others
• per year: For each year; annually.
• set by: To separate and save for another use or time
• by trade: According to one's profession or occupation.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• in management: Employed in a managerial role or department.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• have to: Must do
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• in some places: In certain locations or areas, but not all.
• for instance: As an example.
• incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• for all that: Despite that; even though.
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• trickle down: To gradually spread or filter through from top to bottom, especially in economics, referring to the belief that tax cuts or other benefits for the wealthy will ultimately benefit the poor and middle class.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• light on: To illuminate something.
• in terms of
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• financial: Involving money
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• important: Having power or authority
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• license: To give official permission to do something
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• median: Being in the middle or average
• occupational: Concerning your job or career
• globalization: International spread of something, e.g. company