Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• neither side: Not either of two sides or parties.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• lose money: To suffer a financial loss; to not make a profit.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• harvest time: The season when crops are gathered from the fields.
• on balance
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• huge: Very very large
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• cereal: Breakfast food eaten with milk
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• fluctuate: To shift back and forth uncertainly; change a lot
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• fortunate: Having good luck
• stable: In a position where something does not fall over
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• daily: Happening every day
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• management: People who are in control of a business or group
• business: A company formed for making profit
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• harvesting: To gather ripe crops in from the fields