Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• have to: Must do
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• online shopping: The activity of buying goods or services over the Internet.
• engage with it: To interact with something or someone in a meaningful way.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• sales assistant
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• drag on: To last longer than expected, in a boring way
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• cruise: To easily achieve
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• slump: To sit, lean or fall down because tired or ill
• performance: Act of doing something
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• additional: Further or added
• margin: Edge of an area
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• act: To behave in a certain way
• retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• business: A company formed for making profit
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• barn: Building on a farm where animals or crops are kept
• thesis: Long paper presenting original research and ideas
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• pottery: Factory where pots/bowls are made from clay
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• annually: Every year; once a year
• nickname: Name given by friends or family
• elm: Type of tree with large, curved branches