Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• bear out: (Of facts) to confirm the truth of
• set back: To cost someone, often a large amount
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• spike: The top point in a graph
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prospect: Opportunity or chance for success
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• blow: To move something using air
• couple: To join something to something else
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• dissent: Difference of opinion; a disagreement
• remainder: What is left over after the larger part is gone
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• negotiation: A formal discussion to reach an agreement
• backfire: (Vehicle) to explode fuel in the muffler
• restraint: Device that prevents physical movement
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• entrench: To make an opinion fixed so it is hard to change
• fore: (In combination) before; in the front part