Vocabulary

• in terms of
• fix on: To choose or decide on something or someone.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• such as: For example; like
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• emerged as: To become known or apparent; to come forth as.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• deal with
• on shaky ground: In a weak or uncertain position; lacking stability or support.
• have on: To be wearing something.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• on the plus side: Considering the advantages or positive aspects.
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• shift: To change in position or direction
• conduct: Your behavior
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• steer: A cow
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• consolidation: Act of combining into an integral whole
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• communist: Believer in communism
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• unanimous: Having one opinion agreed to by everyone
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• unveil: To remove something's outer covering
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• patio: Flat hard area outside house where people can sit
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
• throwback: Example of a species thought dead, but revived
• wrought: Being carefully made into a particular form/shape