Vocabulary

• in terms of
• pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
• beef up: To be made stronger and stronger
• go higher: To increase or rise to a greater level.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
• like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• goes well: To happen in the way desired
• wrap up: To complete something, such as a film or project
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• count down: To say numbers in order from say 10 to 1
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• decade: Period of 10 years
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• require: To demand that someone does something
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• couple: To join something to something else
• due: When something is required or expected
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• quarter: 25 cents
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• cattle: Cows or bulls on a farm
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
• datum: Item of factual information
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• cyclical: Series of regular and repeated actions
• inflationary: Tending to cause increases in prices