Vocabulary

• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• with time: As time passes; eventually.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• at least: As a minimum
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• highly unlikely: Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• followed up: To check information or facts later
• followed through: To fulfill a promise
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• green: Color of young leaves
• unused: Not yet used; clean; new
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• clean: Completely; entirely
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• dollar: A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• important: Having power or authority
• part: Division of a book
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• ring: A roped area in which people fight or box
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
• history: Established pattern or record
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• financial: Involving money
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• burn: To destroy with fire
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• banking: To put or keep your money in a bank
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• observer: Someone whose job it is to watch or notice things
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• fund: To supply money for something
• coal: Dark hard substance from the earth burnt as a fuel
• miner: Someone working in a mine to dig out coal, etc.
• openly: In an open way
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• intriguing: Interesting; arousing your curiosity or wonder
• gloomy: (E.g. of a room) dark; dim; poorly lit
• deforestation: Process of removing the trees from an area
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• hypothetically: In a hypothetical way; as an example
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• dismantle: To take something apart in an organized way
• swoop: To sweep through the air; to dive suddenly
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• taboo: Not being accepted by customs or society
• benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• jeopardy: When something may be harmed, damaged or lost