Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• under the radar: Without being noticed; avoiding attention.
• rat race: A way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• corner office
• zoning out: The act of stopping paying attention and starting daydreaming or thinking about other things.
• at least: As a minimum
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• binge: To eat or drink too much at one time
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• crap: Impolite way of saying something is not good; Faeces
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• address: Exact street location of a place
• acronym: A word made from the first letters of other words
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• performance: Act of doing something
• blow: To move something using air
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• comedy: Amusing play, film, usually with a happy ending
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• gossip: To talk about others' private lives
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• liquor: Strong alcoholic beverage
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• cubicle: Workspace with low walls within an office
• sketch: Brief account of something without many details
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• imposter: Person pretending to be someone they are not
• add: To include as well
• chime: To make a musical, harmonious sound
• merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• peed: To urinate