Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• made to be: Destined or intended for a particular purpose or relationship.
• the good stuff: Things of high quality or the best kind.
• third one: The item that is in the third position in a sequence.
• at least: As a minimum
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• save up: To gradually collect money by saving.
• stay the course: To continue doing something until it is finished, even if it is difficult.
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• balance out: To make or become more equal to another thing
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• account: An advantage
• favor: Support or approval from people
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• nefarious: Extremely wicked
• patch: Cover worn over an eye to protect or hide it
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• conversely: In the opposite way; on the other hand
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• hindsight: Understanding the nature of an event afterwards
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• historical: Connected with the past
• tad: A small amount of something
• standpoint: Mental position from which things are viewed
• calculator: A small electronic device used for calculation
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution