Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• on the stock: Present or available in inventory or storage.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• turn into: To change to become something else
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• no shame: Without a sense of embarrassment or guilt.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• on credit: Purchasing something now but paying for it later.
• paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• close down: To shut an operation, company, shop
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• have to: Must do
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• zoom out: To decrease the magnification of an image, showing more of the scene.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• huge: Very very large
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• couple: To join something to something else
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• surplus: More than is needed or wanted
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• implication: Possible effects, results from an action or event
• exponentially: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• historically: In history; in the past