Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• at midnight: At twelve o'clock at night; the middle of the night.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• feel the pinch: Experience financial difficulties or economic pressure.
• such as: For example; like
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in the green: Having a financial profit or gain.
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in terms of
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• red flag: A warning sign or signal of danger or a problem.
• from A to B: Describes traveling or moving between two places.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• section: A part of a whole
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• surplus: More than is needed or wanted
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• investigation: Search for information about something
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• great: Very good; better than before
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• provision: Clause in a legal document
• retaliate: To take revenge for something harmful or wrong
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography