Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• such as: For example; like
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• at least: As a minimum
• all the rage: Being the current popular thing
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• weather out: To survive or endure a difficult situation or period.
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• at a moment's notice: With very little warning or time before something happens.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• lay off: To stop troubling or hitting someone
• to the good: An advantage or credit that one has.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• cash flow
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• propaganda: (Use of) message that you want people to accept
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
• patron: Person buying products or services of a business
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• click: To work well with someone or something
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• arise: To stand up
• staff: Employees of a company
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• monarch: A king or queen
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• pessimism: Inclination to expect negative outcomes
• ferry: Passenger boat on a regular schedule
• cling: To be dependent on
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• quit: To leave a job
• complacent: Unconcerned, self-satisfied
• business: A company formed for making profit
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• resignation: Reluctant acceptance when a thing can't be avoided
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
• discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
• upheaval: Raising of the earth's upper layer
• underway: Happening now
• backfire: (Vehicle) to explode fuel in the muffler
• fable: Very old (children's) story with a moral lesson
• sag: To become weak and less useful; to decrease
• dashboard: Console of a car or vehicle
• whiplash: Neck/back injury from sudden jerk, as in car crash
• stagflation: Period of slow economic growth while prices rise
• recast: To change the actors or their roles in a film