Vocabulary

• play hardball: To be uncompromising and aggressive in negotiations or other dealings.
• deal with
• have to: Must do
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• lead to: To result in some action
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• in terms of
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• coming to light: To become known or revealed.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• branch out: To expand or diversify one's interests or activities.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• touch down: (Of plane) to land on the ground
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• slightly: Only a little
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• prominent: Being important or well known
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• financial: Involving money
• alleviate: To lessen the severity of something
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• role: Character played by an actor
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• load: Large, often heavy, amount of a thing to be moved
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
• uncertain: Feeling doubt about a person, place, or thing
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• prediction: A statement of what will happen next
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• downturn: Worsening of business or economic activity
• olive: Person's name
• chancellor: High government official
• unsustainable: That cannot be kept up or continued