Vocabulary

• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• shift worker: A person who works in shifts, especially in a job where different groups of workers do the same job at different times of the day and night.
• close out: To sell off or eliminate remaining items or inventory, often at discounted prices.
• work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
• have to: Must do
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• give out: To be used up; have nothing left; fail
• due to: Because of; owing to
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• box in: To trap or prevent movement by surrounding closely.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• shift: To change in position or direction
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• require: To demand that someone does something
• section: A part of a whole
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• tranquil: Calm; peaceful
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• fond: Happy and loving; To like someone or something very much
• dope: Someone you think it stupid or a fool
• occurrence: Specific instance of something happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• metropolitan: Concerning a very large city
• part: Division of a book
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• unacceptable: Not being or behaving in the correct or right way
• railroad: System of tracks on which trains travel
• unmanned: Lacking a crew
• proudly: With pride; in a proud manner
• headquarter: Main office of a company or organisation
• accustom: To make someone or something become used to something.