Vocabulary

• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• go on: To continue doing something
• touch base: To be in communication with someone.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• off my back: A relief from a burden or worry.
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• have to: Must do
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in all likelihood: Very probably; almost certainly.
• draft up: To prepare a preliminary version of a document or plan.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• convey: To carry or transport something
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• favor: Support or approval from people
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• click: To work well with someone or something
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
• promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
• scrap: To fight with someone
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• dash: To hit against something with a lot of force
• tweak: To make a small change or adjustment
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• pornography: Pictures or stories that stimulate sexual desire
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• affirmation: Statement that something is true
• pardon: To forgive for some error or fault; let off
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• figuratively: In a manner a metaphor; not literally
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• nope: A dialect or emphatic way of saying 'No'
• wee: Scottish and Northern English small; short
• barbecue: Grill used for cooking food over an open fire
• slop: To carelessly let liquid fall out of cup, etc.
• papa: Another word for father