Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
• despite the fact: In spite of; notwithstanding.
• out of a job: Without employment; having lost one's job.
• stand out
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• consider: To think carefully about something
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• narrative: The telling of a story
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
• narcissistic: Admiring yourself excessively
• act: To behave in a certain way
• inception: Beginning or start of (institution or business)
• narcissism: Being in love with yourself, your own appearance
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• insensitive: Not responsive to physical touch
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• recur: To occur again or repeatedly
• downturn: Worsening of business or economic activity
• kitten: Young cat
• upload: To transfer a file or data to the internet
• donation: Gift or money given to help support a cause
• fascist: Person advocate an authoritarian government
• optimization: Efforts to make as effective as possible
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• boomer: Member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s