Vocabulary

• crystal clear: Extremely clear and easy to understand.
• have to: Must do
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• million dollar: Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
• on course: Likely to achieve a desired outcome after a period of difficulty.
• set on: To attack
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• chance of survival: The possibility of remaining alive, especially during a dangerous event.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• by doing that: Using that action or method.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• upwards of: More than; at least.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• all the things: Everything; all items or aspects
• word of mouth: Information spread by people telling each other.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• by example: Through demonstration or serving as a model.
• aside from
• intellectual property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
• get behind: To support or encourage.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• beverage: A drink other than water
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• retention: Act of holding something inside the body
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• boast: To speak of something with too much pride
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• client: Person paying for professional services
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
• point: An item to be discussed
• cocktail: Mixed alcoholic drink, containing spirit like gin
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• business: A company formed for making profit
• product: Item that can be bought
• dime: Coin worth 10 US cents
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• precarious: Not secure; likely to fall over/off; dangerous
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• circulate: To go round continuously
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• suspension: Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• freezer: Electric refrigerator operating below zero degrees
• publicity: Attention given to person/thing by news/radio/TV
• bartender: Employee who makes and serves alcohol at a bar
• cube: Solid object that has six square sides
• triple: Group or set of three
• viability: Ability to live and grow normally
• sculptor: Artist who carves objects from marble, metal etc.
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert
• engrave: To cut an image or message into stone, metal