Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• clean out: To empty a place of things, e.g. a room
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• set up
• rein in: To control or limit something.
• in the neighborhood of: Approximately or about a certain amount or distance.
• long for: To have a strong desire or yearning for something.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• lay off: To stop troubling or hitting someone
• other places: Different locations or areas
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• lead to: To result in some action
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• run over: To go beyond a limit, e.g. of a budget
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• parallel: To be equal to, or like, something else
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• duplicate: Something that is the exact same thing as another
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• efficiency: Working well; producing something without waste
• inauguration: Official ceremony to start a new presidency, etc.
• swamp: Area of land that is wet or covered with water
• contend: To struggle or compete for
• fruition: Successful result of a plan, process or activity
• bankrupt: Unable to pay debts
• meme: Idea, value or pattern of behavior in a culture
• playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
• benevolence: Kindness and good will
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• judiciary: System of judges and courts in a country
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• purport: To pretend to be or to do something
• multibillion: Many billions
• doge: Formerly the chief magistrate in Venice and Genoa