Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• after hours: After the usual closing time.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in key: Singing or playing notes correctly according to the musical key.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• lead to: To result in some action
• have to: Must do
• think back: To recapture the past
• coming out with: To go out with someone on a date
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• call in: To ask others for help when in need
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in terms of
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• evolve: To develop certain features
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• financial: Involving money
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• huge: Very very large
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• couple: To join something to something else
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• margin: Edge of an area
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• point: An item to be discussed
• exponential: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pivot: Point on which something turns or balances
• part: Division of a book
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• compression: Act of reducing something in time, size, quantity
• stabilization: Making something stable, e.g. body's condition