Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the process of: During the course of; while something is happening or being done.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• blow: To move something using air
• couple: To join something to something else
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• millennium: Period of time that lasts one thousand years
• basin: A sink; a place in a bathroom to wash your face
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
• turbulent: (Of water) moving violently and unevenly
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• profitability: Degree to which money can be made in business
• gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
• oil: A liquid used for frying foods
• favourable: When a good result or positive outcome is likely
• divestment: Getting rid of something, e.g. wealth