Vocabulary

• build out: To expand or develop something, such as a business or system.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• off balance: In a state of being unsteady or unstable; lacking equilibrium.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• have to: Must do
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• on the books: Recorded in official documents or laws.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• per year: For each year; annually.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
• read out: To read something aloud so that other people can hear it.
• zoom in on: To adjust a camera or lens to make a subject appear closer.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• off book: Having memorized lines; not needing a script.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• right for: Suitable or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• pile: Large amount of something
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• pastry: Dough making top/bottom of pie; cake made of dough
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• leave: To go away from; depart
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• public: Owned by the government
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• own: To have something as your property
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• datum: Item of factual information
• owl: Bird with large eyes that hunts at night