Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• have to: Must do
• deal with
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• listen in: To secretly listen to a conversation.
• stand up to: To resist or fight someone who is being aggressive
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• rule in: To make an official decision in favor of someone in a legal case.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• hammer away: To work persistently and steadily at something.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• material: Cloth; fabric
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• strike: To hit something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• military: Army or armed forces
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• scrap: To fight with someone
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• act: To behave in a certain way
• staff: Employees of a company
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• swing: Movement in a curved motion
• restriction: Law or rule that controls or limits something
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• rug: Small carpet; material used to cover a floor
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• nominee: One put forward or suggested for an award/position
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind