Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• at least: As a minimum
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• military: Army or armed forces
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• analogy: Comparison of things based on their similarity
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• huge: Very very large
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• plummet: To fall quickly, as from the sky
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• insanely: In an insane manner
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• exponentially: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• constraint: Thing preventing you moving or acting; restriction
• bankrupt: Unable to pay debts
• crippling: To hurt and make useless
• annually: Every year; once a year
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• literate: Being educated and having read a lot of literature
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert