Vocabulary

• up to speed: Fully informed; aware of the latest information
• on the same page: To have a shared understanding or agreement about something.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• get up to: To do something slightly naughty
• going on: To continue doing something
• on the fly: While in motion or progress; spontaneously; without prior planning or preparation.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• learning the ropes: Begin to understand or become familiar with how things work.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• in agreement: Sharing the same opinion or feeling.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing
• washroom: Lavatory (e.g. a lavatory in a public place)