Vocabulary

• up in smoke: When something fails or is destroyed completely.
• out of the running: No longer considered as a possible winner or candidate.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• count on: To depend on someone
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• decide on: To choose something, especially after thinking carefully about several possibilities
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• beat out: To defeat someone in a competition or contest.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• shift: To change in position or direction
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• utility: Public services such as gas, water, or electricity
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• quintessential: Being a model example of a specific thing
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• own: To have something as your property
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• slate: To strongly criticize someone usually in public
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• arrow: Symbol used on road signs to show direction
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
• libertarian: Person who believes in low government interference
• policymaker: Someone who makes and decides (government) plans