Vocabulary

• go public: To offer shares of a company to the public on the stock market for the first time.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• fall from grace: To lose respect, status, or favor from others.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• rent out: To allow someone to use something that you own in return for money.
• turn things around: To cause a situation or business to improve significantly.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• pile: Large amount of something
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• turmoil: Very confused situation where things are not clear
• value: Importance you attach to something
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• public: Owned by the government
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• management: People who are in control of a business or group
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• business: A company formed for making profit
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• mount: To attach something to something else
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• erratic: Not acting in a regular/planned way; unpredictable
• long: Person's name
• main: Most important; most often used
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• depart: To die
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert
• backer: Person supporting another person, often with money