Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for instance: As an example.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• at least: As a minimum
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• pick up on: To notice or become aware of something that is not obvious.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• upwards of: More than; at least.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• at a discount: For sale at a lower than usual price.
• at a premium: At a high price or great value; scarce and desirable.
• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• instance: An example of something; case
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• spot: A certain place or area
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• inferior: Being of little importance or worth
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• steep: Very expensive
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• margin: Edge of an area
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• point: An item to be discussed
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• telltale: Someone who discloses information intentionally
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• derive: To come from another thing
• product: Item that can be bought
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• basin: A sink; a place in a bathroom to wash your face
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• burn: To destroy with fire
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• benchmark: Standard by which other similar things are judged
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• triple: Group or set of three