Vocabulary

• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• revise: To make changes or add something to improve
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• creation: Act of making something
• add: To include as well
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• total: Whole number or amount of something
• late: At a time after the expected time
• month: One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
• small: Little in size; not big