Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• work out
• going on: To continue doing something
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• on the stock: Present or available in inventory or storage.
• vote in: To elect someone into a position by voting.
• every single night: Each and every night; without exception.
• crystal clear: Extremely clear and easy to understand.
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• check out
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• trend: Current style or fashion
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• spill: Accident when someone falls
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• statistic: Number that represents a piece of information
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• public: Owned by the government
• point: An item to be discussed
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• enlist: To obtain support from someone
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• entirety: State of being complete
• disapproval: When you don't like or agree with something
• idiotic: Very irresponsible or foolish
• gape: To be shocked and stare at with your mouth open