Vocabulary

• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• award ceremony: A formal event at which prizes or awards are given.
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• decade: Period of 10 years
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• product: Item that can be bought
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.
• reinvest: To reuse resources to build for the future