Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• cash out: To count the sales at the end of a business day
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• straight shot: A direct route or path.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• to the dot: Exactly at the specified time, precisely on schedule.
• bring back: To cause to remember
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• goes to show: To demonstrate or prove something.
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• have to: Must do
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• financial: Involving money
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• regulation: Act of controlling something with rules or orders
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• shot: To kick or throw a ball at a goal
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• dodge: To attempt to avoid something
• deplete: To reduce the amount, strength or number of
• dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
• historically: In history; in the past
• sensational: Causing intense interest
• allocation: Sharing out of work/resources for some purpose
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• stabilization: Making something stable, e.g. body's condition
• yahoo: Person who is not very intelligent or cultured