Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• for instance: As an example.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• strip of: A long, narrow piece of something.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• cash flow
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• instance: An example of something; case
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• shrink: To become smaller
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• blend: To combine different elements or substances
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• point: An item to be discussed
• equator: Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• spur: To make your horse go faster
• land: Region or country
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• business: A company formed for making profit
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• price: Person's name
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
• draconian: (Of action, punishment) very strong or severe
• bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers