Vocabulary

• shore up: To support to stop it bursting/being ruined
• in the pipeline: Currently being developed or planned.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• conversely: In the opposite way; on the other hand
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• spur: To make your horse go faster
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• business: A company formed for making profit
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• revival: Process of becoming active, strong or alive again
• mainland: Main land mass of a country or continent
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• foundry: Factory making metal objects, e.g. for machinery
• nanometer: One billionth of a meter