Vocabulary

• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• buy up: To buy all of something for sale
• sell off: To sell something quickly, usually because you need the money or because you want to stop being involved with it.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• go for it: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• amount: Quantity of something
• hurdle: Small fence a person or horse jumps over in a race
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• bummer: Irritating or disappointing experience
• needle: Part of a medical device used to inject medicine
• incline: To bend the head or body forward
• median: Being in the middle or average
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want
• accumulator: Section of a computer for storing calculations