Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• run back: To come back
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go below: To move down to a lower deck or level, especially on a ship.
• trade down: Exchange something for something of lower value or quality.
• for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• give up the ghost: Stop functioning or die.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• got to: To arrive at some place
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• like white on rice: To stay very close or be very persistent.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• inherently: As an essential part of
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• trend: Current style or fashion
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• wick: Thread in center of candle that is lit and burns
• unnoticed: Without being seen or noticed
• inefficiency: Lack of effectiveness; poor use of resources
• directional: Concerning or indicating directions in space