Vocabulary

• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• for instance: As an example.
• in terms of
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• in some places: In certain locations or areas, but not all.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• instance: An example of something; case
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• require: To demand that someone does something
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• huge: Very very large
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• tuition: Money that is paid for lessons
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• swiftly: Quickly
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• business: A company formed for making profit
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• mobility: Ability to move
• resurgence: A rise again as to new life and vigor
• swift: Quick
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• online: Connected to the internet