Vocabulary

• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in terms of
• being driven by: Currently being motivated or controlled by a particular factor or force.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• information technology: The study or use of systems (especially computers and telecommunications) for storing, retrieving, and sending information.
• by contrast: Used to introduce an idea or situation that is very different from one you have just mentioned.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• coming of age: The process of reaching adulthood; the transition from childhood to adulthood.
• equity markets: A place where stocks and shares are bought and sold.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• pull in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• compared with: In relation to
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• in a similar vein: In a similar style, manner, or approach as before.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• strength: Condition of being strong
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• financial: Involving money
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• caveat: Warning or caution in a legal document
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• exceptionally: In an extremely and unusually good way
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• broad: General; not detailed
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• defense: Argument in support of something
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• bandwidth: Data transmission rate over the internet
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• benchmark: Standard by which other similar things are judged
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• datum: Item of factual information
• semiconductor: Silicon chip used in computers
• computational: Involving computation or computers
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• capitalization: Writing words, the first letter in BIG LETTERS