Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• due to: Because of; owing to
• deal with
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• federal funding: Financial assistance provided by the federal government to support various projects, programs, or organizations.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• drag down: To cause something to fall to a lower level or standard.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• end in: To have something as the final result.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• by the day: With each passing day; daily.
• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• build in: To include something as part of a plan, system, or design.
• shop around: To search around for a better job deal price etc.
• concern about: To worry about something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• put aside: To save money regularly.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• out of work
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• urge: A strong desire for something
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• afford: To make available, to provide
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• due: When something is required or expected
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• lapse: (Of license, etc.) to stop being valid; expire
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• staff: Employees of a company
• adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• quit: To leave a job
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• nominee: One put forward or suggested for an award/position
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• bush: A wooden plant that is smaller than a tree
• tug: To pull (something) hard or suddenly
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• partial: Giving better treatment to one person than another
• ray: Person's name
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• homeland: Country where you were born
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• checkpoint: Place where a traveler's ID is checked