Vocabulary

• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• look back: To think about past events
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• publicly traded: Having shares that are traded on a stock exchange.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• go nowhere: To be unsuccessful; to not achieve any progress or positive result.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• go below: To move down to a lower deck or level, especially on a ship.
• pay down: To reduce the amount of money needing to be paid
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• hit on: To discover an idea, etc. by chance
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• extreme: Very great in degree
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• amount: Quantity of something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• narrative: The telling of a story
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• equilibrium: A state of balance or harmony
• datum: Item of factual information
• bombing: To attack with explosives