Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in terms of
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• go along with: To agree to do something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• add on: To attach or include something extra.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• social value: The worth or importance of something to society.
• of a kind: Unique; not like anything else
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• slip off: To remove (a piece of clothing) quickly and easily.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• demand on: A strong need or requirement that places a burden or strain.
• have to: Must do
• regardless of
• in stock: Available to buy in a store
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• amount: Quantity of something
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• dude: Form of address for a man
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• decade: Period of 10 years
• financial: Involving money
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• nostalgic: Feeling sad, but positive about memories/the past
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• margin: Edge of an area
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• clog: To make or become blocked or filled with something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• trendy: In the latest style; up to the minute
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• product: Item that can be bought
• flagship: Chief one of a related group
• heinous: Hatefully bad; evil
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• resurgence: A rise again as to new life and vigor
• proprietary: Protected by trademark, patent or copyright
• boulder: Big rock, usually round in shape
• tenure: Land or buildings one owns
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• universally: Applying to all people, times, places
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• polarize: To divide opinions into two extremes
• turnaround: Unloading/loading/servicing plane for return trip
• footwear: Shoes, socks, etc.