Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• deal with
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• not surprisingly: In a way that is not unexpected or predictable.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• other places: Different locations or areas
• go on: To continue doing something
• on to: Toward something; forward
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• in places: In some locations but not others
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• in terms of
• price up: To increase the price of something.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• amount: Quantity of something
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• spike: The top point in a graph
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• pile: Large amount of something
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• important: Having power or authority
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• ripple: Small gentle low wave on the surface of water, etc.
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• fertilizer: Substance added to soil to help plants grow
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• expense: Money you have to pay to do part of your job
• clog: To make or become blocked or filled with something
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• militia: Local armed forces to assist the police
• sulfur: Smelly yellow chemical often found near volcanoes
• shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
• shipment: Delivery of goods, e.g. carried by a large vehicle
• buoy: (Often official) floating marker in water or sea
• grower: Someone whose job it is to grow plants for food