Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• as a matter of fact: In reality; actually; used to emphasize the truth of a statement, often when it differs from what someone might expect or believe.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• shy away from: To avoid something because of nervousness or a lack of confidence.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• going on: To continue doing something
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• for myself: Done for one's own benefit or use.
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• contemplate: To consider whether you will do something
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• important: Having power or authority
• comfortable: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• fully: Completely or entirely
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• crisp: To make or become dry and crisp, as with heat
• transcend: To achieve or go beyond normal limits of
• alive: Living; not dead
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• decomposition: State of decay or rot
• cardboard: Lightweight paper board
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• tier: One of the rising rows of seats, e.g. in a stadium
• workplace: Place where work is done
• morbid: Having unhealthy interest in the subject of death
• monastery: Place where monks live
• excellence: Extremely high quality
• buddhism: Religion devoted to the teaching of Buddha
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father