Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• fall behind: To get behind or late, because of going slowly
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• fun and games: Enjoyable activities; sometimes used ironically for trouble.
• cracking down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• move beyond: To go past or exceed a limit, boundary, or set of expectations.
• check out
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• poverty: State of being poor
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• spot: A certain place or area
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• account: An advantage
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• communist: Believer in communism
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
• peninsula: Narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• hub: Center of action or interest
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• land: Region or country
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• administrative: Concerning managing an organization
• portuguese: Concerning the culture and people of Portugal
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
• casino: Establishment that hosts legalized gambling
• legalize: To make an illegal act legal
• venetian: From Venice, Italy