Vocabulary

• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• contrary to: In opposition to; against.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• at all hours: At any time, day or night.
• in terms of
• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• have to: Must do
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• spot: A certain place or area
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• decade: Period of 10 years
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
• seek: To ask someone for help
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• counterpart: Person/thing having same function/characteristics
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• trendy: In the latest style; up to the minute
• remainder: What is left over after the larger part is gone
• business: A company formed for making profit
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• alcoholic: Containing alcohol; that can make you drunk
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• hangout: Frequently visited place
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind