Vocabulary

• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• cash in: To sell asset to get money back
• in steam: Gaining momentum or working with energy and force.
• lock in: To secure something, such as a price or deal, for a specific period.
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• at least: As a minimum
• few steps: A small number of steps; a short distance.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• have to: Must do
• long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• fabric: Cloth or material
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• performance: Act of doing something
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bladder: Soft bag which holds liquid or air
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• solidify: To make or become solid or more solid
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• rubber: Material used to make tires, etc.
• stitch: Pain in your side after running or exercising
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• business: A company formed for making profit
• license: To give official permission to do something
• royalty: Members of a royal family
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• leather: Chemically tanned animal skin, e.g. for shoes
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• craftsmanship: Skill of making things in the manual arts
• price: Person's name
• long: Person's name
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• ball: Large dance where people dress formally
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• factory: Building where things are made
• waterproof: That keeps water out, as of clothes
• export: To send goods to be sold in another country
• badminton: Sport in which a shuttlecock is hit over a net
• federation: Group of organizations joined together
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• thickness: Distance between the opposite edges of a thing