Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• on a day-to-day basis: Happening regularly every day as a routine.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• put two and two together: To make a logical conclusion based on facts or clues.
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• in terms of
• measure up: To be good enough; to meet the required standard.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• with God: Being in the presence or care of God, often after death.
• at least: As a minimum
• on the basis of: Because of; using as a reason or justification.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• hierarchy: Group that manages and controls an organization
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• important: Having power or authority
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• ounce: Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
• reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
• finite: Having limits; lasting for a limited time
• clay: Heavy sticky earth used to make pottery
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• subtract: To take away a value or amount from another
• product: Item that can be bought
• aggregate: A sum total amount of something
• business: A company formed for making profit
• consequential: Following as a logical conclusion or result
• sap: Foolish person who is easy to trick
• nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
• propensity: Natural tendency to behave in a particular way
• preservation: Keeping something in a good, undamaged state
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• hierarchical: Separating into varying levels of importance
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• profitability: Degree to which money can be made in business
• router: Power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves
• denominator: Bottom number in a fraction
• causal: Showing the direct reason for something
• outsourcing: To obtain goods or services from outside suppliers
• causality: Being the direct reason for something
• numerator: Dividend of a fraction