Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• bull market: A financial market in which prices are rising or are expected to rise.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• at war: Engaged in a war; fighting
• bid up: To raise the price by increasing bid in auction
• call in: To ask others for help when in need
• have to: Must do
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• at bay: Kept at a distance; held back.
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• concern about: To worry about something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• got to: To arrive at some place
• sell off: To sell something quickly, usually because you need the money or because you want to stop being involved with it.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• decade: Period of 10 years
• cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• military: Army or armed forces
• pile: Large amount of something
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• analogy: Comparison of things based on their similarity
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• escort: Person going with you for protection/help/company
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• point: An item to be discussed
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• excellent: Extremely good
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• admittedly: Used to show (slight or unwilling) agreement
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• quaint: Appealing and attractive in an outdated way
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• speculative: Not based on sure knowledge; based on intuition
• nomination: Act of choosing someone for a certain position
• strangle: To kill by squeezing the throat, e.g. with a rope
• lag: Delay between two events
• behead: To execute by cutting off the head
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography