Vocabulary

• on the job: While working; during the course of employment.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• intellectual property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• shift: To change in position or direction
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• retaliation: Revenge for something harmful or wrong
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• intern: Person working to get experience/train for a job
• reception: Front desk area of an organization or building
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
• fill: To make something full
• theft: Act of stealing
• supervision: Act or process of watching, directing a task
• backfire: (Vehicle) to explode fuel in the muffler
• outcry: Show of anger or unhappiness by many people
• calmly: Without getting emotional, e.g. in times of stress
• incite: To cause something to happen, e.g. a riot
• typewriter: Machine you tap keys on to print letters on paper