Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the making: Developing or being made; in the process of becoming something.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• for that matter: Used to emphasize that something is true or likely to happen, or to introduce a related point.
• going on: To continue doing something
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• merge with: To combine or blend together into a single entity.
• mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
• on steroids: Greatly enhanced or intensified; more powerful or effective than usual.
• with respect to: In relation to; regarding.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• consolidation: Act of combining into an integral whole
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• respect: To follow the established rules
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• broad: General; not detailed
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• act: To behave in a certain way
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
• ample: (Of quantity, amount) more than enough
• censor: To remove inappropriate material from books, films
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• affiliate: Organization that is associated with another
• gobble: To eat or swallow something quickly
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• suspension: Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
• merge: To cause two or more things to combine into one
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• reiterate: To say something again for further emphasis
• merger: Combination of two or more companies into one
• paved: To build a hard even surface for traveling on
• hijack: To take control of a plane, etc. by force
• antitrust: (Laws) preventing unfair business practices
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet