Vocabulary

• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• to hand: To give or pass something to someone using your hand.
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• get lost: An impolite way of telling someone to go away.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• finish with: To end a relationship
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• stumble upon: To accidentally discover or meet
• turn into: To change to become something else
• contrary to: In opposition to; against.
• in moderation: Not excessively; with restraint.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• haul out: To pull or drag something out from a place.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• in one stroke: With a single action; all at once.
• grow into: To be able to wear clothes that were too big
• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• at sea
• neither side: Not either of two sides or parties.
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• step off: To leave or move away from a place or situation, often used as a command.
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• actions speak louder than words: What people do is more important than what they say.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• facing off: To oppose one another (often in sports)
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• huge: Very very large
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• chest: Strong, lidded container for storing things
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• monopoly: Complete market control for a service or product
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• century: Period of 100 years
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• great: Very good; better than before
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
• merchant: Someone who buys and sells goods
• business: A company formed for making profit
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• bureaucracy: Governing system with many rules and officials
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• emperor: Man who rules an empire
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• cartel: Groups united for a common (illegal) action
• naval: Concerning a navy or ships used in war
• opium: Addictive drug made from the seeds of a poppy
• smuggle: To illegally bring goods/people into a place
• incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
• civilisation: A highly developed society
• poppy: Red flowering plant, a source of heroin