Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• have to: Must do
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• on the brink of: Very near to experiencing something, usually something unpleasant.
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• drive down: To cause something to decrease or become lower.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• option: A choice
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• 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
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• tick: To function properly or normally
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• exponentially: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• inflate: To fill/be filled with air and make/become bigger
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• pension: Regular payments you receive after you retire
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• manufacture: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• historically: In history; in the past
• globally: Throughout the world
• artificially: Not naturally; made by people
• middleman: Someone who buys many goods and resells to others
• devalue: To reduce the value or worth of a currency, etc.