Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• set up
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• in terms of
• compared with: In relation to
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• check out
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• prominent: Being important or well known
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• tiny: Very, very small
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• account: An advantage
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• ignite: To catch fire
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• important: Having power or authority
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• hub: Center of action or interest
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• own: To have something as your property
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• millennium: Period of time that lasts one thousand years
• business: A company formed for making profit
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• rank: To rate or class things
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• slum: Poor section of a city with poor quality houses
• automobile: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• downturn: Worsening of business or economic activity
• median: Being in the middle or average
• multinational: Involving many countries
• coefficient: Number by which another number is multiplied