Vocabulary

• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in key: Singing or playing notes correctly according to the musical key.
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• set up
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• gain access: To obtain the ability or right to enter or use something.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• shift: To change in position or direction
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• address: Exact street location of a place
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• communist: Believer in communism
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• merchandise: Goods for sale
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• transparency: Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree