Vocabulary

• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• going on: To continue doing something
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• see into: To investigate or examine closely.
• in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• in the open: Publicly; not secret.
• smoke and mirrors
• in quantity: In large amounts or numbers.
• failure rate: The percentage or proportion of something that fails.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• halfway through: At or in the middle of a period of time or an activity.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• on the slide: In a state of decline or deterioration.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• on the money: Exactly correct or precise.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• want out: To desire to withdraw or escape from a situation, agreement, or commitment.
• go away: To go on vacation
• ask out: To ask someone to go on a date
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• at present: Currently; now
• suck up: To try to gain favor by flattering or fawning.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
• when the time comes: At the appropriate or necessary future moment.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• in terms of
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in circulation: Available and being used by the public.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
• in a suit: Wearing a suit of clothes.
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• dollar: A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
• great: Very good; better than before
• shirt: Light garment for upper body, with sleeves
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• pool: Amount collected, e.g. money, for some purpose
• go: To attend or be at a place
• to: Toward a point, person, place or thing
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• gold: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
• silver: Person's name
• store: To put things in a place for later use
• history: Established pattern or record
• pocket: Small cloth bag sewn into clothing to hold things
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• price: Person's name
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• point: An item to be discussed
• piece: A counter in a board game
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• amazed: To cause wonder; to surprise completely
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• unit: One apartment in a building
• coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
• quantitative: Describing or measuring the amount of
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• account: An advantage
• financial: Involving money
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• transfer: To move to a different place, job or school
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• export: To send goods to be sold in another country
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• portable: Light enough to be moved around with ease
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• fiat: Official order from a person of authority
• divisible: Capable of being divided or separated
• bailout: Giving money to help someone get out of debt
• voodoo: Cult practiced by sorcery and spirit possession
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• ounce: Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested