Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• on a mission: Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• clean off: To remove dirt, marks, or unwanted matter from a surface by wiping or washing.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• in gross: As a whole; total without division.
• piece together: To assemble or put together from fragments or parts.
• connected with: Related to; associated with.
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• make or break: Capable of ensuring success or causing failure.
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• material: Cloth; fabric
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• shrink: To become smaller
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• great: Very good; better than before
• collar: Band put around the neck of an animal
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• business: A company formed for making profit
• consult: To ask the advice, opinion of a (paid) specialist
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• product: Item that can be bought
• translate: To change something into a different state
• bail: Money given to ensure prisoner returns to a court
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• classy: Showing good taste; elegant, fashionable; upmarket
• repellent: Making or forcing someone or something go away
• ketchup: Thick red sauce made from tomatoes
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• proprietary: Protected by trademark, patent or copyright
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• datum: Item of factual information
• peeve: To cause to be annoyed, angry or irritated
• globally: Throughout the world
• provisional: Temporary and subject to certain conditions
• bacon: Salted meat from a pig
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• cloth: Piece of material used for cleaning, etc.
• online: Connected to the internet
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert
• fabrication: Deliberately false or improbable information
• polo: Game in which horseback riders try to score goals
• reinvest: To reuse resources to build for the future
• pinot: Grape used in wine of the Burgundy type