Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• shore up: To support to stop it bursting/being ruined
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• add up to: To amount to a particular sum or total.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• bounce in: To enter a place quickly and energetically.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• have to: Must do
• have it both ways: To try to enjoy two opposing things at the same time.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• artificially: Not naturally; made by people
• domestically: With respect to your own country
• baptism: Bathing someone in water to make them a Christian
• arbitrage: Buying a commodity, gold etc. to sell it quickly
• yen: Currency used in Japan