Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at least: As a minimum
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• concern about: To worry about something.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• off to the races: Starting an activity or process quickly and with enthusiasm.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• shore up: To support to stop it bursting/being ruined
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• narrative: The telling of a story
• shift: To change in position or direction
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• pile: Large amount of something
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• downside: Negative aspect of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• pun: Funny way to use a word to express another meaning
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• ounce: Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• part: Division of a book
• pardon: To forgive for some error or fault; let off
• mount: To attach something to something else
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• weak: Not having a strong character
• dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• liberation: Act of setting someone or something free
• stagnation: State of inactivity (in business or art etc.)
• price: Person's name
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• depreciate: To decrease in price or value
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• bullion: Mass of precious metal