Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• happen by: To visit a place casually or unexpectedly.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• have to: Must do
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• mandate: To order that something is done
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• terminology: Specific words and expressions used in a field
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• datum: Item of factual information
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• chairman: A man in charge of a meeting
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing