Vocabulary

• deal with
• to the day: Exactly on the date specified, without any difference.
• phone number: A sequence of digits assigned to a telephone subscriber, used to make a call to that phone.
• off the record: Not intended to be published or publicly disclosed.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• highly unlikely: Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
• in truth: In fact; actually; really
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• off the field: Not participating in a game or activity; outside of the context of a game or competition.
• check out
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• value: Importance you attach to something
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• harness: To capture the power of something
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• merchandise: Goods for sale
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• garage: Place for keeping a car
• distribute: To hand out or give to people
• public: Owned by the government
• piece: A counter in a board game
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• rumor: To gossip; to tell a story about other people
• own: To have something as your property
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• disparity: Unfair difference between things; inequality
• podcast: A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download
• illuminate: To supply light to something
• concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• price: Person's name
• soundtrack: The songs connected to a movie
• dismay: To shock and discourage
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• scooter: Light motorcycle, usually with small wheels
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• brewery: Company or building for making beer
• superstar: Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field