Vocabulary

• for instance: As an example.
• at least: As a minimum
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• going on: To continue doing something
• being driven by: Currently being motivated or controlled by a particular factor or force.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• go to ground: Hide or disappear to avoid capture or trouble.
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• instance: An example of something; case
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• shift: To change in position or direction
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• shrink: To become smaller
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• click: To work well with someone or something
• plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• tenure: Land or buildings one owns
• subscriber: Person who pays a (monthly) fee to get a service
• reversal: Change to the opposite, often from good to bad