Vocabulary

• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at the tail: At the end or last position in a line or group.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• wait on: To serve customers in a restaurant, shop, etc.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• hash out: To discuss something thoroughly in order to reach an agreement or solution.
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• lock in: To secure something, such as a price or deal, for a specific period.
• deal with
• in terms of
• got to: To arrive at some place
• set up
• call in: To ask others for help when in need
• of use: Having practical value; useful or helpful.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• check out
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• agriculture: The science of farming
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• respond: To answer something or someone
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• amendment: A change, addition, or improvement to something
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• stride: To make progress on something such as a project
• drama: Play that is performed on stage, theater, or TV
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• vanish: To disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• nominate: To choose someone to fill a certain position
• deportation: Act of expelling a person from their native land
• certainty: Feeling that you really know something; being sure
• come: To arrive at a place
• datum: Item of factual information
• nomination: Act of choosing someone for a certain position
• barbaric: Uncivilized; cruel and wild
• price: Person's name
• kinetic: Of or relating to movement
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• actress: A woman or girl who acts on a stage or in a movie
• ship: Large boat
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• reboot: To shut down and start a computer again
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• patriot: Person who loves and defends their own country
• homeland: Country where you were born
• ultimatum: Final demand or proposition
• screenshot: Picture taken of a computer screen
• injunction: Court order, usually to stop something happening
• emmy: Annual award for achievements in US TV