Vocabulary

• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• face down: To confront or deal with someone or something in a brave or determined way.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• at least: As a minimum
• lean on: To depend on someone for support or help.
• go away: To go on vacation
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• fly at: To suddenly criticize or attack someone verbally.
• over the edge: In a state of emotional or mental breakdown; beyond the limits of what one can handle.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• at large: (of a person or animal, especially one that is dangerous) not captured; free.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• bank on: To rely on someone or something
• ride the wave: To take advantage of a current trend or period of success.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• going on: To continue doing something
• only time will tell: The result or truth will be known in the future.
• time will tell: The future will reveal the answer or outcome.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• consolidation: Act of combining into an integral whole
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• ripple: Small gentle low wave on the surface of water, etc.
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• revise: To make changes or add something to improve
• business: A company formed for making profit
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• collectively: By working together as a group
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• solvent: Substance used to dissolve or melt others
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system