Vocabulary

• fill up
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• go towards: To move in the direction of someone or something.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• drag on: To last longer than expected, in a boring way
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• tune out: To stop paying attention to something; ignore
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• financial: Involving money
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• couple: To join something to something else
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• act: To behave in a certain way
• fertilizer: Substance added to soil to help plants grow
• cramp: Sharp, unexpected pain when a muscle becomes tight
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• fill: To make something full
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• entitle: To make you eligible to hold a title
• diesel: Heavy mineral oil used for power engines
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• triple: Group or set of three