Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• work over: To physically attack or beat someone severely.
• for a change: As something different from what is usual or normal.
• time for a change: A moment when it is appropriate or necessary to make a change.
• switch off
• on the dot: Exactly on time; punctual.
• going on: To continue doing something
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• on time
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• break with: To end a relationship or association.
• for the loss: Concerning or because of a defeat or loss.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• white collar: Relating to the work done in an office or other professional environment.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• mental: Concerning the mind
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• extreme: Very great in degree
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• spot: A certain place or area
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• conduct: Your behavior
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• snooze: A short light sleep; nap
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• radically: Completely or extremely
• scope: Opportunity for action or thought
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• template: Shape that is used as a pattern to make something
• aftermath: The bad result/situation after an event
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• staff: Employees of a company
• toil: To do hard physical work for a long time
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• nap: To sleep or rest for a short time during the day
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• overtime: Extra time in a sports game
• overwork: To make someone work too long or too hard