Vocabulary

• in store: About to happen in the future
• seasonal jobs: Temporary employment that is available during certain times of the year.
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• retail sector: The part of the economy that is made up of businesses that sell goods or services directly to consumers.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• decade: Period of 10 years
• shift: To change in position or direction
• initial: First letter of your given name
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• shrink: To become smaller
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• fulfillment: Feeling of satisfaction from achieving something
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• quarter: 25 cents
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• workforce: The total number of working people
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• steadily: At a steady rate or pace; reliably; constantly
• respective: Belonging to each of two or more persons or things
• cyber: Concerning the internet
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• overstate: To state something in too strong a way; exaggerate
• mortar: Stone bowl for crushing substances with a pestle
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• historically: In history; in the past
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• sear: To use high heat to quickly burn the surface of
• cashier: Person whose job is taking money in a store, etc.
• automation: Use of machines to do tasks once done by people