Vocabulary

• on the news: Reported or broadcasted as part of a news program.
• sell on: To resell something, often at a higher price.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• stand pat: To refuse to change one's decision or position.
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• highlight: Best or most interesting part of something
• execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
• pat: Person's name
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• central: Being in the middle
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• excited: To make something or someone become more active
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• bull: Large male animal such as a cow or elephant
• bullish: Expecting a rise in prices
• muted: (Electronic device) having the sound turned off
• lunchtime: The time you eat your midday meal