Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• free rein: Complete freedom to act or make decisions as one wishes.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• work through: To deal with something systematically until it is completed
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• evolve: To develop certain features
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• amount: Quantity of something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• afford: To make available, to provide
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• gig: Show; performance; job for a musician or performer
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• transparency: Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
• voluntarily: Of your own free will; not because you were forced
• rank: To rate or class things
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• weak: Not having a strong character
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• rein: Control; limitation
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system
• fore: (In combination) before; in the front part
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services