Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• at least: As a minimum
• got to: To arrive at some place
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• prepare yourself: To get yourself ready for something.
• frankly speaking: To be honest; to say what you really think.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• risk your life: To put yourself in danger of dying.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• deal with
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• close down: To shut an operation, company, shop
• happen across: To find or meet by chance unexpectedly.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• making ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• scare off: To deter or discourage someone from doing something by frightening them.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• afford: To make available, to provide
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• huge: Very very large
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• option: A choice
• due: When something is required or expected
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• whatsoever: Used to add emphasis to an idea being expressed
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• deflation: When prices of good/service fall instead of rising