Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the wrong track: Following a mistaken idea or course of action.
• sift through: To examine something very carefully in order to find something important or useful.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• at the moment: At this time; now
• cut across: To rudely go in front of someone
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• out of power: Not currently holding a position of authority or government.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• follow along: To agree to do or act the same as others
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
• ride out: To survive a difficult period or situation without serious harm.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• barely: Only just; just possible
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• huge: Very very large
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• trend: Current style or fashion
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• sift: To look through and remove less valuable things
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• slate: To strongly criticize someone usually in public
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• hoax: Act intended to deceive or trick
• datum: Item of factual information
• historically: In history; in the past
• cape: Clothing without sleeves worn over the shoulders
• bumpy: Being rough, or not smooth
• snapshot: A photograph, especially an informal one
• asterisk: The mark *
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want