Vocabulary

• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• dial back: To reduce or lessen something, such as intensity or amount.
• die off: To decrease in number so few or none are left
• lead to: To result in some action
• drop off: To leave someone, something somewhere
• 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.
• truck in: To bring goods or materials by truck to a location.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• container: An object that can be used to hold things
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• hive: Place that has a lot of activity in it
• freight: Commercial transportation of goods
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• trickle: To flow in a thin slow stream
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• dock: To take away a part of an animal's tail
• logistic: Concerning planning and organizing a large project
• savannah: Flat grassland of tropical or subtropical regions
• trucking: To transport something on a lorry, van