Vocabulary

• in one year: Within a period of twelve months.
• have to: Must do
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• economic collapse: A severe and prolonged downturn in economic activity.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• go on: To continue doing something
• cut costs: To reduce expenses or spending.
• left and right: In both the left and right directions.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• cover up: To hide something bad; conceal
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• close down: To shut an operation, company, shop
• lay off: To stop troubling or hitting someone
• turn into: To change to become something else
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• poverty: State of being poor
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• afford: To make available, to provide
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• triumph: Joy from victory or success
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• shut: To stop being open for business
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• land: Region or country
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• business: A company formed for making profit
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• code: To express information in a series of numbers
• risky: With the chance it may be dangerous, unsuccessful
• jungle: Tropical area with many wild plants and animals
• history: Established pattern or record
• model: Being an excellent example of
• shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
• geographic: Concerning the earth and its natural features
• toaster: Electrical appliance for making toast
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information