Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on to: Toward something; forward
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at least: As a minimum
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• break it to: To tell someone bad news.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• bang for the buck: The best value or return for the money spent.
• have to: Must do
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• in the business of: Engaged in a particular commercial activity or profession.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in aggregate: Considering everything together as a total amount.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• at the risk of: Used to introduce a statement that may offend or be criticized.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• think back: To recapture the past
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• business: A company formed for making profit
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• live: To be alive
• performance: Act of doing something
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• product: Item that can be bought
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• range: Cooking stove with multiple burners
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• nonsense: Foolish or untrue statements or ideas
• biologically: As regards life and living things
• old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
• biology: The study of living things
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• efficiency: Working well; producing something without waste
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• entrepreneurial: Open to new ideas about starting new businesses
• temple: A flat area on the side of the forehead
• brake: Mechanism on car, train, bike to make it slow down
• smoothly: In an evenly flowing manner or movement
• car: A vehicle with wheels and engine to carry people
• buffer: Data in computer memory allowing fast access
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• Japan: A string of more than islands to the east of Asia
• redundancy: Existence of an already present thing as a backup
• biologist: A scientist who studies living things
• artisan: One making art objects, etc. skillfully by hand
• adaptive: Able to adjust to new conditions
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer