Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• going on: To continue doing something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• have to: Must do
• got to: To arrive at some place
• average up: To increase the average cost of holdings by buying at higher prices.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• root for: To support a sports team
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• lay back: To recline or lie down in a relaxed manner.
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• shake out: To empty something by shaking it.
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• further out: At a greater distance; more distant.
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• buckle down: To apply oneself seriously to a task or problem; to begin to work hard and earnestly.
• in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• at a price: Achieved but with negative consequences or a significant cost.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• prediction: A statement of what will happen next
• loud: Being very bright with colors, clothes etc.
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• insulate: To prevent heat, electricity, sound from passing
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• live: To be alive
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• incumbent: A person who holds a particular office or position
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• waive: To allow a rule to be ignored; dispense with
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• whoo: Sound people make when they are surprised
• reelect: To vote someone back to office or position