Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• by the book: According to the rules; strictly
• dust off: To remove dust from something by wiping or brushing.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• hone in: To focus attention on something; to direct effort towards a specific goal.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• out of favor: No longer approved of or supported; having lost popularity or approval.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• in recognition: As an acknowledgment or appreciation of something.
• move in on: To approach and surround a person or place to capture or take over.
• in terms of
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• inconsistent: Not tying together logically or with the facts
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• backdrop: Contextual meaning or background
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services
• toolkit: A set of hand tools, e.g. drivers and spanners
• orthogonal: Having or determined by right angles
• beta: Test version of a product or software