Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• restaurant chain: A group of restaurants owned by the same company and operating under the same brand name.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• at least: As a minimum
• such as: For example; like
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• spot: A certain place or area
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• ominous: Indicating something bad or unpleasant will happen
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• profitable: Being useful; benefiting someone or something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• retailer: Merchant/store who sells goods at retail
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• cattle: Cows or bulls on a farm
• valley: Area between mountains with river running through
• dessert: Sweet food usually eaten at the end of a meal
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• oven: Kitchen appliance you put food in to bake, roast
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• cross: Angry and upset
• meadow: Flat field covered with grass and flowers
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• continental: Of or typical of the culture of mainland Europe
• patty: Small pie or pasty
• employ: To use something for a specific task
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• pulp: Soft, succulent part of a fruit
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• vietnam: A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• carbonate: To charge a drink with carbon dioxide
• subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
• distributor: Someone who markets good for sale
• owner: Person who owns or has something
• syria: An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
• soup: Fairly liquid food made by boiling ingredients
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine
• twain: (Literary) two of something; two people