Vocabulary

• in terms of
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• have to: Must do
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• price in: To include a particular cost or factor in a total price.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• call up: To require someone to join the army
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• side note: A brief piece of additional information or a comment that is related to the main subject but is not essential to it.
• in a minute: Very soon; in a short amount of time.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• dollar: A basic unit of money equal to 100 cent
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• buy: To believe something; accept
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• need: To be unable to manage without something; require
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• factory: Building where things are made
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• bank: A financial institution that keeps or lends money
• enjoy: To take pleasure in something
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• price: Person's name
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• stronger: (Of tea or beer) darker or thicker
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• call: A order or request for action
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• sell: To exchange something for money
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
• financial: Involving money
• mill: Factory for making flour, steel, etc.
• weak: Not having a strong character
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• tourism: Visiting to new places, e.g. abroad, for vacations
• spot: A certain place or area
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• domestically: With respect to your own country
• export: To send goods to be sold in another country
• import: To bring goods from one country into another
• owl: Bird with large eyes that hunts at night
• favorable: When a good result or positive outcome is likely
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• artificially: Not naturally; made by people
• appreciation: Rise in value (of property or belongings)
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• overseas: In or to a foreign country that is across a sea
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• grasp: Person's control over something
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• lumber: Pieces of wood cut ready for use in building
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• parity: State of being equal in pay, rights, or power
• bilateral: Involving two groups of people or two countries
• equilibrium: A state of balance or harmony
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics