Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• per year: For each year; annually.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in one year: Within a period of twelve months.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• in shock: When not enough blood flows round the body
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• for the foreseeable: Referring to a time period that can be predicted or expected in the near future.
• daily conversation: Informal talk about matters of common interest; everyday conversation.
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• slow: Lacking activity, busyness or excitement
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• sell: To exchange something for money
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• unchecked: With the details not yet confirmed as correct
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• jump: To attack someone suddenly
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• tipping: To pour or move something from a place, container
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• disappointment: Feeling or state of not being satisfied
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• qualified: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
• forcing: To use physical strength or violence to persuade
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• investor: Person who spends money to help businesses grow
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• highly: In a manner that shows approval
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• wiped: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• surging: To move unexpectedly and quickly in one direction
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• evolve: To develop certain features
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• ownership: State of having a legal right to possess something
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• foreseeable: That can be predicted in the future
• elimination: Act or process of removing or being removed
• ignorant: Lacking knowledge, awareness or information
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• overvalue: To value or price something too highly
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• casino: Establishment that hosts legalized gambling
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• inflated: To fill/be filled with air and make/become bigger
• downfall: Sudden loss of status/reputation/money
• populous: Having a large population
• enact: To make a bill into law
• astronomical: Extremely large or high
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things