Vocabulary

• except for: Not including; excluding.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• look back: To think about past events
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• come around: To eventually change your opinion or be persuaded to agree with someone else's.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• think back: To recapture the past
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• in every way: In all manners or respects; completely.
• for one thing: Used to introduce a reason for something.
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• hand on: To pass or transfer something physically to someone else.
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• point: An item to be discussed
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• happen: To take place or occur
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future