Vocabulary

• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• play games: To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• allow for: To take into consideration
• very much so: To a great extent; indeed
• have to: Must do
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• at least: As a minimum
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• time left: The amount of time that remains or is available.
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• strike: To hit something
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• section: A part of a whole
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• array: A regular order or arrangement of things
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• blanket: Piece of cloth you covers yourself with in bed
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• exceptional: Being extremely and unusually good
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• override: To make (rule or law) not be valid anymore
• sue: Person's name
• unit: One apartment in a building
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• authorize: To officially or legally allow or give permission
• ratification: Act of formally accepting something, as a law
• birch: Type of tree whose leaves fall in winter