Vocabulary

• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for instance: As an example.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• make up: To invent or create a story
• confidential information: Data or knowledge that is meant to be kept secret or private.
• swing back: To move backward in a swinging or curved motion.
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• value: Importance you attach to something
• seek: To ask someone for help
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• usage: Amount something is used
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• pendulum: Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
• offshore: (Of tax avoidance schemes) not in your country
• median: Being in the middle or average
• compliant: Willing to obey, follow the wishes of others
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory
• battleground: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution
• legalize: To make an illegal act legal