Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• due to: Because of; owing to
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• weigh on: To cause someone to feel worried or stressed.
• in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• western countries: Countries generally located in Europe and North America, characterized by democratic governments and capitalist economies.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• hard up: Having very little money; poor.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• board member: A person who serves on the board of directors of a company or organization.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• bite in: To interrupt someone while they are speaking.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• on the real: Honestly or truly; speaking sincerely.
• fall away: Slowly lessen your friendship with someone
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• check out
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• up top: In or at the highest position or location.
• regardless of
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• slightly: Only a little
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• due: When something is required or expected
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• central: Being in the middle
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• downturn: Worsening of business or economic activity