Vocabulary

• go bust: To become bankrupt or fail financially.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• on the real: Honestly or truly; speaking sincerely.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• chain of events: A sequence of occurrences, where each event causes or influences the next.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• huge: Very very large
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• account: An advantage
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• previously: At an earlier time
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• public: Owned by the government
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• contagion: Communication of an emotional state among people
• domino: Flat rectangular blocks with spots used in a game
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
• cosy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
• unpaid: Yet to be paid