Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• have to: Must do
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in key: Singing or playing notes correctly according to the musical key.
• in favour of
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in terms of
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• in all honesty: Speaking truthfully and sincerely; frankly.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• favor: Support or approval from people
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• feasible: Possible; that you can believe will work/succeed
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fully: Completely or entirely
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• retaliation: Revenge for something harmful or wrong
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• bureaucracy: Governing system with many rules and officials
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• part: Division of a book
• mobility: Ability to move
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• unify: To bring or join together into one
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• fledge: (Of a young bird) to become capable of flight