Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• intellectual property: Creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce.
• were it not for: Used to say something would not happen without a particular condition.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• push on: To continue with some effort; persevere
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• absurd: So foolish as to be difficult to believe
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• require: To demand that someone does something
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• important: Having power or authority
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• business: A company formed for making profit
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• unify: To bring or join together into one
• arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
• partnership: Shared business relationship with someone
• superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events
• aluminium: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
• unfairly: In a way that is not right or does not involve equal treatment