Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in terms of
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• in the red: Operating at a loss; in debt.
• goes to show: To demonstrate or prove something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• plural: Being more than one person or thing
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• broadly: In a general (not detailed) manner
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• less: Smaller in amount or degree
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
• discretionary: According to your own judgment or self-restraint
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• lag: Delay between two events
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• divergence: Moving away; becoming different or separate
• dram: Unit of weight equal to an eighth of an ounce