Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• belly up: To fail or go bankrupt.
• on the face of it: Based on first impressions; seemingly.
• have to: Must do
• make up: To invent or create a story
• clear up: To tidy things away, e.g. dirty dishes after meal
• write off: To cancel a debt; to recognize as a loss.
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• hell for leather: Doing something very fast or with great energy.
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• financial: Involving money
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• acronym: A word made from the first letters of other words
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• vanity: When you are too proud of your appearance/ability
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• scope: Opportunity for action or thought
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• irritation: Feeling or state of being annoyed or upset
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• sanity: Normal or sound powers of mind
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• staff: Employees of a company
• dreadful: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or ugly
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
• fizzy: (Of a drink) hissing and bubbling
• deduct: To take some amount away from a total
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• statutory: Being determined or decided by law
• decidedly: Without question and beyond doubt
• depreciation: Decrease in price/value; loss of value over time
• unreliable: Not able to be trusted or believed