Vocabulary

• in full swing: At its peak of activity; fully active or operational.
• nut out: To work out or solve a problem by discussion.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• drop the ball: To make a mistake or error, especially one that causes problems for others.
• roll back
• make certain: To ensure or ascertain something.
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• in pursuit: Following or chasing someone or something, typically to catch them.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• everyday people: Ordinary or common people, without special status or wealth.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• phase out: To gradually end a task, or sell a product
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• signed on to: To formally agree to something, often by signing a document.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• urge: A strong desire for something
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• slump: To sit, lean or fall down because tired or ill
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• dire: (E.g. of consequences) very serious
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• skewed: Not accurate or correct; biased
• land: Region or country
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• bleak: Desolate and colorless; without much hope
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• inquiry: Process of seeking information
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• median: Being in the middle or average
• worsen: To make or become worse