Vocabulary

• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• have to: Must do
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• afford: To make available, to provide
• valuable: Being useful or important
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• fellow: Man or a boy
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• award: To give a prize for doing something well
• betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
• amusement: State of being amused or feeling enjoyment
• belt: To leave somewhere quickly (UK use)
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• powerful: Having control or influence over
• protection: Being kept from harm
• artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
• chapel: Room to hold religious services
• brat: Someone who has misbehaved, usually a child
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• papa: Another word for father