Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
• much anticipated: Eagerly awaited; greatly expected.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• fall from grace: To lose respect, status, or favor from others.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• financial: Involving money
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• account: An advantage
• eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• investigation: Search for information about something
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• important: Having power or authority
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
• hail: To speak of something with admiration/excitement
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• own: To have something as your property
• reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• revive: To return to life, good health, strength etc.
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• sue: Person's name
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• salvage: To save damaged or discarded material
• populist: Politician claiming to represent ordinary people
• shareholder: Someone who holds shares of stock in a corporation
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution
• leftist: One supporting liberal or new ideas politically