Vocabulary

• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• out of whack: Not in proper working order; not functioning correctly.
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• tax avoidance: The legal usage of the tax regime to one's own advantage, in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law.
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• poorest: More poor than
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• graph: Image expressing numerical data in lines or shapes
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• bad: Not good; wrong
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• help: To act to enable a person to do something; assist
• bigger: More popular than
• rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
• geographically: With respect to the earth and its natural features
• fill: To make something full
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• history: Established pattern or record
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• hope: When you wish something will happen; what you wish
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• left: To go away from; depart
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• gap: Distance between two objects
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• avoidance: Act of preventing something happening
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• concentrated: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• perfectly: In a faultless manner; without mistakes
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• extreme: Very great in degree
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• representative: Typical example of a particular category
• educate: To teach someone in a school or college
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• distribute: To hand out or give to people
• barely: Only just; just possible
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• combined: To mix several things together to form one thing
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• aid: To help others and provide things
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• whack: To hit someone or something with great force
• colonialism: System in which a country controls a colony