| A | B |
|---|
| alarming | worrying |
| appalling | shocking |
| fascinating | very interesting |
| fortunate | lucky |
| heartening | encouraging |
| mind-boggling | hard to imagine |
| reassuring | comforting |
| economic performance | the state of the economy; how well or badly it is doing |
| reform | change |
| population control | limiting the growth of the number of people |
| resume | a written summary of a person’s educational and professional experience, used when seeking a job |
| to get stuck (with something you don’t want) | to buy something and then find out it isn’t what you want |
| consumer | a person who buys good or services |
| knowledgeable | knowing a lot about something |
| fanatic | = a person whose strong admiration for something is considered extreme |
| to mull | over to think about |
| input | opinions and ideas about a specific matter |
| to analyze | to study something carefully in order to understand it |
| to pose a question | to ask a question |
