Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• stack up: To compare with something else; measure up.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• on the market: Available for sale.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• important: Having power or authority
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• business: A company formed for making profit
• bundle: A group of things that are tied/fastened together
• license: To give official permission to do something
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• marvel: Something that causes wonder or astonishment
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• stockpile: Large supply of something kept for future use
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• simultaneous: Happening at exactly the same time as another
• topple: To cause a government/leader to be overthrown
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer