Vocabulary

• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• on time
• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• have to: Must do
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• knock it off: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• push the button: To press a button in order to make something work.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• extreme: Very great in degree
• urge: A strong desire for something
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• couple: To join something to something else
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• eligible: Being able to be chosen or selected; suitable
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• concerned: To be about a particular topic
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• asthma: Lung illness causing difficulty in breathing
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• sole: The part of your foot which touches the ground
• disturb: To cause someone anxiety or fear
• important: Having power or authority
• act: To behave in a certain way
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• traction: Force causing moving thing to stick, e.g. on roads
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• plane: An airplane
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• long: Person's name
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• faction: Group within a larger group, with a different aim
• contraceptive: Device used to prevent pregnancy
• marketplace: Place where a public market is held
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• gov: Shortened form of 'government'; internet address