Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at least: As a minimum
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• clean out: To empty a place of things, e.g. a room
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• financial: Involving money
• valuable: Being useful or important
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• performance: Act of doing something
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• great: Very good; better than before
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• stockpile: Large supply of something kept for future use
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• stringent: Strict or severe, as regards standards or rules
• burn: To destroy with fire
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• happen: To take place or occur
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• popped: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• prudent: Careful; wise; responsible
• hippie: Someone rejecting established culture
• tracker: Person using marks to follow a wild animal
• resound: To echo with the sound of