Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• new level: A higher or improved stage of achievement or quality.
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• go on: To continue doing something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• afford: To make available, to provide
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• address: Exact street location of a place
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• couple: To join something to something else
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• conscientious: Careful to do things as you know you should do
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• counterfeit: Made to look like the real thing, but false; fake
• boutique: Small fashionable shop
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• stitch: Pain in your side after running or exercising
• disparity: Unfair difference between things; inequality
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• markup: Difference the cost of goods and the price
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject