Vocabulary

• at a time: Separately; one by one
• metro area: A densely populated urban area and its surrounding suburbs, economically and socially integrated.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in good part: To a large extent; mainly because of something.
• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• out of a job: Without employment; having lost one's job.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in the aggregate: Considering the whole or total amount combined.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• think back: To recapture the past
• in terms of
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• white collar: Relating to the work done in an office or other professional environment.
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• restless: Worried and uneasy; ceaselessly in motion
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• stagnation: State of inactivity (in business or art etc.)
• datum: Item of factual information
• dismal: Bad in a sad and depressing way
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• covet: To strongly desire something another person has
• spreadsheet: Computer file for performing calculations
• ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
• displacement: Number of liters a petrol engine has
• mayoral: Concerning a mayor or the office of mayor
• sideshow: Subordinate incident of little importance