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Question 1

Perseverance

Answer 1

noun

Being able to continue with doing something difficult to achieve success

_{My son has a lot of perseverance and will probably be able to enter that college.}

_{He doesn’t have enough perseverance to see this through.}

Question 2

Resolute

Answer 2

adjective

Determined

_{He is a very strong and resolute leader.}

_{She was able to raise a very confident and resolute daughter.}

Question 3

Hop on a plane

Answer 3

verbal phrase

To take a flight

_{Four years ago I hopped on a plane and came to Japan.}

_{The Shinkansen will take too long, let’s just hop on a plane.}

Question 4

Stall

Answer 4

noun

A stand / booth where goods are sold

_{At night markets in Taiwan there are many stalls selling food.}

_{We will set up a stall outside and sell lemonade.}

Question 5

Street Hawker

Answer 5

noun

A vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported

_{There are many street hawkers in Cairo.}

_{The government in Tokyo has gotten rid of most street hawkers.}

Question 6

Enterprise

Answer 6

noun

A big project / business

_{They are trying to get a new enterprise off the ground.}

_{This is quite a complex and challenging enterprise.}

Question 7

Green Card

Answer 7

noun

A permanent working visa for the USA

_{He was able to get his green card after many years of trying.}

_{About 50,000 people get a green card every year.}

Question 8

Geared towards …

Answer 8

phrase

Suitable for a particular purpose

_{This IT system is geared towards new startups.}

_{Those old coffeeshops are geared towards an older crowd.}

Question 9

Countless

Answer 9

adjective
Too many to be counted
* I’ve had countless meetings with him about this issue.
* We’ve had countless problems with that vendor.

Question 10

Immigrant

Answer 10

noun
Someone who moves to a different country to live there
* There is a very large immigrant population in that part of Osaka.
* They arrived here as immigrants in the late 1800’s.

Question 11

PhD student

Answer 11

noun
Someone who is enrolled in a doctorate degree program
* He has been a PhD student for two years now.
* Several PhD students will attend the event.

Question 12

A ton of money

Answer 12

phrase
A lot of money
* He made a ton of money during the dot-com bubble.
* I think we’ll make a ton of money next year.

Question 13

Drop out

Answer 13

phrasal verb
To stop studying a particular course at a school/college
* He dropped out of college during his senior year.
* Even though he dropped out of school he was still able to make some money.

Question 14

IPO

Answer 14

noun
Initial Public Offering (the first time a company’s stock is available for public purchase)
* They had a pretty successful IPO for such a small company.
* We are waiting for their IPO before we can invest.

Question 15

Elegant

Answer 15

adjective
Clever & simple
* She suggested a very elegant solution to that issue.
* We opted for a more elegant website design.

Question 16

Standalone

Answer 16

adjective
Software / a computer that works on its own without being connected to other computers
* We are developing a standalone version of the software.
* They are running several standalone systems.