Vocabulary

• catch up: To become equal with another person
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• play about: Behave in a careless or unserious way.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• going on: To continue doing something
• hand over: To give into the possession or control of another
• have to: Must do
• bad blood: Feelings of hate between people because of arguments or things that happened in the past.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• address: Exact street location of a place
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• point: An item to be discussed
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• product: Item that can be bought
• datum: Item of factual information
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• partnership: Shared business relationship with someone
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• unkind: Lacking kindness; mean; ungenerous
• valence: Relative capacity that interact with antigens