Vocabulary

• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• going on: To continue doing something
• per year: For each year; annually.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have to: Must do
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• quarter: 25 cents
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• margin: Edge of an area
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• own: To have something as your property
• gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• assortment: Collection of different things some similarities
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• profitability: Degree to which money can be made in business
• blazer: Type of smart jacket
• marketplace: Place where a public market is held
• online: Connected to the internet
• remodel: To change the appearance of (house); redecorate
• grocer: Merchant selling foodstuffs and household supplies
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
• mart: Market in which goods are sold or bought
• fresher: First-year undergraduate at a university
• redone: To do over again