Vocabulary

• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• at the latest: No later than; by the specified deadline.
• at least: As a minimum
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• at the moment: At this time; now
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• were it not for: Used to say something would not happen without a particular condition.
• push down: To apply pressure to something from above, forcing it downwards.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• in a vacuum: Existing or considered without relation to other things; isolated from outside influences.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• bring back: To cause to remember
• give back: To return something you borrowed
• check out
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• account: An advantage
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• buck: To resist or go against the trend
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• inverse: Being the opposite of something else
• definitively: Clearly and leaving no further question
• jaguar: Large wild cat of Central and South America
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution