Vocabulary

• being driven by: Currently being motivated or controlled by a particular factor or force.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in other news: Used to introduce a different or additional news topic.
• pan out: (Of events) to happen as you expected them to
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• deal with
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• emergency response: The actions taken to deal with an unexpected and dangerous event.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• in person: Physically present; not by proxy or remotely.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• has over: To invite someone to your house.
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• experienced in: Having skill or knowledge as a result of experience.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• music scene: The environment and community related to music in a particular location or genre.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• in terms of
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• decade: Period of 10 years
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• debut: First performance, appearance, e.g. of opera star
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• mainstream: Prevailing current of thought
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• certification: Official or legal permission to do something
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• wellness: State of being happy, healthy or prosperous
• junction: Place where streets, highways, or roads meet
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• popcorn: Small-eared corn that burst in dry heat
• archer: Person who shoots arrows from a bow
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject
• beta: Test version of a product or software
• mart: Market in which goods are sold or bought