Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on the rocks: Served with ice cubes.
• equity markets: A place where stocks and shares are bought and sold.
• look through: To examine carefully to see what is there
• think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• initial: First letter of your given name
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• grasp: Person's control over something
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• couple: To join something to something else
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• broad: General; not detailed
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• public: Owned by the government
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• index: Number showing how prices, wages changed over time
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• proposition: General claim or theory
• skewed: Not accurate or correct; biased
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• glitch: Small problem, fault preventing something working
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• central: Being in the middle
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• dent: Place on a car, etc. where it has been pushed in
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• upcoming: Occurring soon; approaching
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• fed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• reel: To wind something in on a reel; pull something in
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• nervousness: Feeling of uneasiness or anxiety about something
• irrespective: In spite of everything; ignoring drawbacks
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution