Vocabulary

• use up: To use all of; consume
• have to: Must do
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• cut back: To use less of something
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• at least: As a minimum
• buy into: To come to accept an idea or believe in it
• hold over: To postpone; delay.
• on the condition: Depending on something happening or being done.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• Easier said than done: More difficult than it appears to be.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• military: Army or armed forces
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• weak: Not having a strong character
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• long: Person's name
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• beneficiary: Person who benefits from something
• dependence: Relying on someone for (e.g. financial) support
• electrify: To energize or excite people
• outback: Wild uninhabited parts in the center of Australia
• miner: Someone working in a mine to dig out coal, etc.
• renminbi: Currency used in China