Vocabulary

• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• got to: To arrive at some place
• fast food chain: A company that operates many fast food restaurants.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• stand out
• price in: To include a particular cost or factor in a total price.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• do over: To repeat an action; do something again
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• spot: A certain place or area
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• margin: Edge of an area
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• tick: To function properly or normally
• limp: Being soft, not hard, not rigid
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• crunchy: (of food, snow) making a soft compacting sound
• sauce: Food made from cooked fruit, e.g. apples or mangos
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• bun: Woman's hairstyle of hair drawn into a round shape
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• elevate: To make something higher
• nugget: Small, solid lump (of gold, chicken, wisdom etc.)
• datum: Item of factual information
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• franchisee: Person or company who buys a franchise
• renew: To make something stronger, fresher, or like new
• whopper: Something big or impressive, e.g. a very big lie
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• relaunch: To promote a product again