Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• mark up: To increase the price of, to make more profit
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• per year: For each year; annually.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• clock in: To record the time of one's arrival at work, typically using a time clock.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• one step ahead: Having an advantage or being more prepared than others.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• couple: To join something to something else
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• staff: Employees of a company
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• piece: A counter in a board game
• replace: To use instead of something else
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• swarm: Large group of flying insects moving together
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
• paste: To move computer data from one page to another
• thesis: Long paper presenting original research and ideas
• penny: Person's name
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• analyst: Someone who is skilled at studying details of data
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock