Vocabulary

• mean business: To be serious about what one intends to do.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• cultural phenomenon: A thing that takes place when something or someone gains popularity, especially when this is among many people.
• on time
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• going on: To continue doing something
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• have to: Must do
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• beverage: A drink other than water
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• lane: Marked strip of the road or swimming pool
• studio: Place for painting, broadcasting, etc.
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• taco: Tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• poppy: Red flowering plant, a source of heroin
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
• generational: Concerning people born at about the same time