Vocabulary

• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the hook: Responsible or liable for something, often a debt or mistake.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• rent out: To allow someone to use something that you own in return for money.
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• formerly known as: Used to indicate a previous name of a person or place.
• lease out: To rent property to someone else for a period of time.
• have to: Must do
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• flexible: Bending easily
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• quarter: 25 cents
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• century: Period of 100 years
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• precedent: A similar action happening before now
• swirl: To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• expansion: Making or becoming larger
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• unit: One apartment in a building
• downturn: Worsening of business or economic activity
• membership: Being a member of a group; joining a group
• occupancy: Act of taking possession of a building
• globally: Throughout the world
• workplace: Place where work is done
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert
• rightly: In accordance with what is right
• workspace: Space allocated for your work (as in an office)