Vocabulary

• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• deliberate: Carefully thought out in advance
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• strike: To hit something
• nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• decade: Period of 10 years
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• spike: The top point in a graph
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
• huge: Very very large
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• proclaim: To indicate or show something clearly
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• succession: Act of officially taking over someone's position
• resurgence: A rise again as to new life and vigor
• specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• closure: Feeling of accepting a death, divorce etc.
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• turnaround: Unloading/loading/servicing plane for return trip
• chairman: A man in charge of a meeting
• oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer