VOCABULARY i A few A little Advanced After Almost Also Approximately Ask (verb) At all levels At the end Atrisk Attractive Avoid (verb) Bad luck Basically Be able to (verb) Be between (ver/) Be good at (verb) Be in charge (verb) Be lucky (verb) Be working (verb) Before Be late (verb) Cause (verb) Cause problems (verb) tt1iod 2st tod otcorod ay A couple of murly Slightly Cutting-edge/ state-of-the-art Afterward Just about As well (end of clause) Roughly/ to the tune off around/ about Question/ demand/ request/ inquire (verb) Across the board At the end of the day On the line/ at stake Gorgeous Shy away/ steer clear from (v Misfortune Roughly Be capable of (verb) Range across/ range between (verb) Have a knack for/ have a gift for (verb) Oversee (verb) Have good fortune (verb) Be on the ball (verb) Prior to/ ahead of Run late (verb) Result in (verb) Rais rise to problems (vert) 1 issues/ raise concerns/ giveVOCABULARY Chance/ luck Change (verb) Check (verb) Common Concern (verb) Concerning/ about Conclusion Contact (verb) Context Continue (verb) Contribute (ver) Copy someone (email) Cover (verb) Danger Despite Destined to fail Dishonest Detail During Easy Easy success Exceed limit (verb) Encounter (verb) Enough Ephemeral Equally Escape (verb) Estimate Pods Pot otede arte eee eta a de Fortune Shift/ pivot (verb) Kick the tires (vert) Ubiquitous Relate to/ be linked to (verb) Regarding/ with regard to/ with respect to Bottom line Reach out to/ get in touch (verb) Backdrop Keep going (verb) Bring to the table (ver) Loop in (verb) Cut across/ cut through (verb) Common pitfall/ trap/ risk At the expense of Doomed to fail/ bound to fail Shady/ questionable Nitty-gritty Along with/ along the way A breeze/ a piece of cake Home run Overrun (verb) Come across (verb) Pretty/ quite Short-lived Evenly Ride out/ get off the hook (verb) Proxy 2VOCABULARY Existing company Expand (verb) Fail (verb) Finish (verb) For example Freedom of action From nowhere From X to Y Get (verb) Give (verb) Give up (verb) Give your opinion (verb) Go bankrupt (verb) Good job! Happening Have bad luck (verb) Have problems (verb) Highlight (verb) Identify (verb) Ignore (verb) Important In fact In general In order to In serious difficulty Dodo gods ids Poot dP oerd_cdrids Incumbent company Scale up (verb) Fall through (verb) End/ Come to an end/ Be over/ Complete (verb) For instance/ as an example/ say Leeway Out of the blue From X all the way up to Y/ From X all the v Obtain/ acquire/ receive (verb) down to Y Provide (verb) Abandon (verb) Share your view/ give your take/ give your standpoint (verb) Go belly up (verb) Way to go! Underway/ occurring Have misfortune (verb) Be in trouble (verb) Play up (verb) Pinpoint (verb) Lose sight of (verb) sential/sizeable/major/critical/ dominant/substantial/considerable Actually/ as a matter of fact Typically/ generally speaking As a way of as a way to In dire straits/ in trouble/ in a tight corner 3VOCABULARY Inactive Irrational It can be said that It looks like It’s a good idea It’s not certain It sounds good It’s uncertain Jump (verb) Last Large quantity Later Lead to development (verb) Lead to growth (verb) Lead to innovation (verb) Lead to progress (verb) Let them know (verb) Lie (verb) Make progress (verb) Many types of Many/ a lot off several Maybe Motivation Next 1 Qddddd tt ddd doco) food Sluggish Delusional Arguably/ one can argue that It seems to be It makes sense/ the idea has legs There is a long way to go/ it’s not given/ it’s not self-evident Tt makes sense/ it looks really good/ it sounds great It’s a long shot Leapfrog (verb) Previous/ former/ recent A great deal of (uncountable)/ sizeable/ massive/ huge Down the line/ down the road. Drive development (verb) Drive growth (rerh) Drive innovation (verb) Drive progi Wwerb) Inform (verb) Make stuff up/ tell fibs (verb) Come a long way (verb) Wide range off broad range off wide array of Quite a few/plenty of/a bunch of Hypothetically/ probably Drive/ momentum/ impetus Ahead (alier the noun// to come (alier the noun)! upcomingVOCABULARY No matter No one Normally Notat all On my side Oppose (verb) Out of danger Overspending Pass/ traverse (verb) Persist (verb) Prevent/ disturb (verb) Produce (verb) Provoke (verb) Reject (verb) Remind (verb) Remove (verb) Retire (verb) Say differently (erd) Schedule Search an example (verb) Simply Simply said (verb) Small/ insignificant Solve (verb) Solution Some Pococtda pio tec boteddrids Regardless of None of us/ none of them Typically By no means/ whatsoever From my end Be up against (verb) Out of trouble/ out of the hoods/ off the hook Budget overrun Get past/ get through (verb) Prevail/ carry on (verb) Get in the way/ stand in the way (verb) Generate (verb) ‘Trigger/ activate (verb) Dismiss (verb) Recall (verb) Strip away (verb) Pull out (verb) Put differently (verb) Agenda Look for an analogy (verb) Roughly/ basically Simply stated (verb) Trivial Deal with/ cope with/ handle/ grapple with/ get to grips with (verb) Way out Some ofVOCABULARY Standard/ universal Start quickly (verb) Stay neutral (ver/y) Succeed (verb) Successively Suddenly Strange Take a risk (verb) Take it personally (verb) Talk about (verb) Tell why (verb) Then/ therefore Think about (verb) Think the same (verb) Thus/ therefore ‘Transform into (verb) Understand (verb) Unregulated Use (verb) Wait for (verb) Well done! Weird Will not happen (verb) Without success Podtrperrod ocr ted drtoos One-size-fits-all Dive in/ jump in (verb) Sit on the fence (verb) Make it (rerb) Ina row All of a sudden Peculiar Take a chance (verb) Make things personal (verb) Discuss/ exchange on (verb) Give reasons/ give explanations (verb) As a result Reflect upon/ reflect on (verb) Feel the same (verb) Whereby Turn into (verb) Figure out/ grasp/ pick up (verb) Unchartered Leverage/ tap into/ exploit (verb) Look forward (verb) Way to go! Peculiar Is not going to happen (verb) To no avail 6