Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• street value: The price that an illegal drug will fetch when sold on the street.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• work out
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• seek: To ask someone for help
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• communist: Believer in communism
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• textile: Referring to something made of cloth
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• counterfeit: Made to look like the real thing, but false; fake
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• theft: Act of stealing
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• part: Division of a book
• allocate: To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
• cyber: Concerning the internet
• inefficient: Unable to act in a way that saves resources
• hermit: Person that lives alone and away from society
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• ration: Restriction of the amount someone can eat, use etc.
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• soviet: Elected government council in a communist country
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• poppy: Red flowering plant, a source of heroin