Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• break it down: To simplify something complex into smaller, more manageable parts.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• look back: To think about past events
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• seek: To ask someone for help
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• leave: To go away from; depart
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• point: An item to be discussed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• business: A company formed for making profit
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• alignment: Agreement to work together on a common goal
• negativity: Tendency to deny or resist suggestions or commands
• datum: Item of factual information
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• annually: Every year; once a year