Vocabulary

• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• not available: Not able to be used or obtained; inaccessible.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• set up
• crack down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• prominent: Being important or well known
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• financial: Involving money
• spike: The top point in a graph
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• account: An advantage
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• hub: Center of action or interest
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• public: Owned by the government
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• outlet: Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• business: A company formed for making profit
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• proactively: So as to head off anticipated future problems
• adept: Being highly skilled in some activity
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• nick: Person's name
• illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
• marsh: Person's name
• oust: To eject from a position or place; force out