Vocabulary

• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• turn off
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• look back: To think about past events
• on the bench: Not actively playing in a game; in reserve.
• a wide array: A large and impressive collection or range of things.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• in droves: In large numbers; in a large group.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• can of worms: A situation or subject that is complicated and unpleasant to deal with.
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• advanced age: Old age; a late stage in life.
• step aside: To move to the side to allow someone to pass.
• by the day: With each passing day; daily.
• withdraw from: To take out or remove (something) from a place or container.
• pull together: To work hard and cooperate with other people in order to achieve something
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• financial: Involving money
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• expedition: Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• nominee: One put forward or suggested for an award/position
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• successor: Person who takes over the position of another
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• crypto: One who covertly supports a certain doctrine, group, or party.
• poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• titan: Person gigantic or great in size or power
• submersible: Capable of functioning while submerged