Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• get back to: To get in contact with someone again
• have to: Must do
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• up till: Until a particular time or point.
• drifted away: Gradually became less friendly or close to someone.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• right up there: Among the best or most successful.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• amount: Quantity of something
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• respond: To answer something or someone
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• relevance: State of being related or appropriate to a topic
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• greatness: Property of outstanding importance or eminence
• dozen: 12 people or things
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• vitality: Quality of having energy and life
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• innovate: To introduce or create new things or make changes
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• megahertz: One million periods per second