Vocabulary

• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• cut corners: To do something badly in order to save money or effort.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• look back: To think about past events
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• on the phone: Talking on the telephone.
• on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
• rest on your laurels: To stop trying hard after achieving success; be complacent.
• have to: Must do
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• in terms of
• by example: Through demonstration or serving as a model.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• mentor: Experienced or wise person who advises others
• fellow: Man or a boy
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• margin: Edge of an area
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• fortunate: Having good luck
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• extraordinarily: Extremely
• daily: Happening every day
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• great: Very good; better than before
• capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• chef: Person whose job is to cook food in a restaurant
• competence: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• allocate: To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• complacency: Self-satisfaction, without being aware of problems
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• book: (Police) to officially record someone's crimes
• moat: Water-filled ditch surrounding a castle
• oughta: Slang written form of ‘Ought to’
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• heavyweight: Professional boxer in a greater weight class
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine