Keynote II - ENSK2MV05 Flashcards
(268 cards)
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Fiction
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Something that is invented or untrue
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Seamlessly
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Smoothly and continuously
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Advanced
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More forward in time
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Convenient
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Fitting in well with a person´s needs, activities and plans
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Instructions
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A direction or order
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Advancement
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The process of promoting a cause or plan
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Phenomenal
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Remarkable or exceptional, especially exceptionally good
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Anxiety
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A feeling of worry about something
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Meditation
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The act of focusing one´s mind for a period of time, either in silence or calm music
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Accessible
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Available
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Clarity
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Simplicity
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Mindful
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Being aware/conscious of something
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Frantic
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Almost out of control because of worry
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Spontaneous
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Something that happens without being planned
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Preventative
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Something to keep something bad from happening
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Restless
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Unable to relax
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Inundated
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Overwhelmed
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Pace
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Speed
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Reminiscing
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To think about one´s past experiences
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Blank (faces)
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Showing no feeling, understanding or interest
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Valuable
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Very important or useful (precious)
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Precious
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Valuable
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Extraordinary
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Amazing
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Resource
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A source of support or supply
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Content
Satisfied
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Considerate
Thoughtful
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Whiz away
Move very fast
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Distracted
Unable to pay attention
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To be present
To be in the moment
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To assume
To believe something is true without proof
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Stereotype
A set idea that people have about what someone or something is like
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Incence
A substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces
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Herbal
Related to or made from herbs
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Vegeterians
A person who does not eat meat or fish
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Intrigued
Very interested and wanted to know more about it
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Kung fu
A Chinese system of fighting without weapons
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Succession
A number of people or things of a similar kind, following one after another
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"Hit the bottle"
Start drinking (alcahol) in excess
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Monk
A member of religious community of men who do not marry and usually live together in a monastery
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Celibate
A person who does not marry or have sex
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Appreciation
Having a better understanding of something
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To be lost in thought
To concentrate so much on your thoughts that you lose awareness of your surroundings
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Underrated
Underestimated
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Research paper
A common form of academic writing
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Constant
Happening all of the time or repeatedly
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Potentially
Possibly
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Dunno
Informal for: do not know
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Tragic
Very sad
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Practical
Connected with real situations, not just ideas and theories
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Achievable
Something that can be done or reached successfully
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Impact
Affect / influence
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Framework
Structure
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Essentially
When you think about the true, important or basic nature of something/somebody
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Familiarise
To learn or get information about something
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Equally
In the same way
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Take your foot of the gas
To rest, relax
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Involvement
Participation
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Wobbly
Something that is unsteady/unstable
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Reinforce
Strengthen
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Agitated
Feeling nervous/restless
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Mechanical
Done without thought, automatic
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Nagging (thought)
Distressing/irritating (thought)
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Perspective
Viewpoint/angle
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Mindfulness
A mental state achieved by focusing one´s awareness on the present moment
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Utterly
Completely / absolutely
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Life change units
How much the event affects your stress
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Absolutely
Totally / without question
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Undeniable
It cannot be denied
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Previous
That came before
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(Not) in the least bit
At all / in the slightest degree or in any respect
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Literally
Exactly
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Whatsoever
At all
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Complex
Complicated
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Travel arrangements
Plans for making a trip
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Local
Relating to a particular area or neighbourhood
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Destination
The place you are going to
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(Hotel) reservation
Booking a hotel room / apartment reserving (booking) something
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"Staycation"
When you stay close to home when you are on a vacation instead of going abroad
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Exotic
Unusual
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Proper
Good and right
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Burst
A short period of emotion or energy
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Moderate
Reasonable
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Effective (in a job)
Being able to work well and willingly deliver good results
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Adrenaline
A hormone produced by the body when you feel excited
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Awareness
The state of knowing about something
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Exposure
To come into contact with something and not having any protection from it
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Immune system
The system in the body that defends it against infections
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Thrill
A feeling of excitement or pleasure
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Vaccination
Giving medicine to prevent disease
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Alert
Aware and paying attention
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Chronic
Lasting for a long time or constantly recurring
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Clinical
Relating to the observation and treatment of patients
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Prevent
To stop something from happen
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Colleagues
People you work with
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Idiom
A group of words (an expression) established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
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To be up to your eyeballs
To have too much work to do
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To keep your chin up
To try to remain cheerful in spite of difficulties
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Something that makes you blood boil
Something that makes you very angry
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Let your hair down
Relax / have some fun
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When something is a weight off your shoulders
You have relieved yourself of a burden
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To get cold feet
When you do not want to go ahead with something you previously decided to do
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To get something off your chest
To talk to someone about something that is bothering you
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To be a pain in the neck
Something/someone that is bothering you a lot
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Symptoms
A change in your body or mind that shows you that you are not healthy
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Defeated
To overcome something
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Neuroscience
The science that deals with the structure and function of the brain and the nervous system
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To distinguish
To recognize the difference between two people or things
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Associated
Connected
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Physician
Doctor
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Energetic
Having a lot of power and enthusiasm
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Engaged
Busy doing something
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Stimulating
Full of interesting or exciting ideas
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Brief
Short
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Cortisol
Your adrenal glands make cortisol
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Activate
To make something (device) start working
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Constantly
Without pausing
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Dose
When you take too much of a medicine or drugs
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When the going gets though
Meaning the situation becomes difficult, the strong will work harder to meet the challenge
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Identify
To be able to recognize something or someone
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Separation
Moving, or being moved apart
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Effectiveness
The degree to which something is successful
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Recipients
Receiver
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Intense
Of extreme force or strength
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Unarguably
Not open to argument
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Advantageously
In a way that is good or useful in a particular situation
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Sensitive information
Data that must be protected from unauthorized access to safeguard the privacy or security of an individual or organization
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Client
A person who used the services or advice of a professional person or organization
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Reaction
What you do, say or think as a result of something that has happened
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Respond
To give a spoken or written answer to somebody/something
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Request
A thing that you formally ask for
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Awkward
Making you feel embarrassed
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Assertive
Expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence, so that people take notice
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Intonation
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking
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Unjam
Fixing a situation in which a machine does not work because something is stuck in one position
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Photocopier
A machine that makes copies of documents
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Spark
To produce small flashes of fire or electricity
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Propose something
To suggest a plan or an idea for people to think about and decide on
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Regarding
Relating to somebody/something about somebody/something
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Allege
To state something as a fact but without giving proof
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Urge someone to do something
To advise or try hard to persuade somebody to do something
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Admit
To agree, often unwillingly, that something is true
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Follow-up
Continuing something that has already started
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Paraphrase
To express what somebody has said or written using different words (especially in order to make it easier to understand)
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Contradict
To say that something that somebody else has said is wrong, and that the opposite it trues
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Consultant
A person who knows a lot about a particular subject and works with giving advice about it to other people
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Absorb
To take something into the mind and learn or understand it
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Innovative
Introducing or using new ideas
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Cooperation
The fact of doing something together or of working together towards a shared aim
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Facilitation
The process or fact of making something possible or easier
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Challenge
A new or difficult task that tests somebody´s ability and skill
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Yard
A unit for measuring length
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Collaborate
To work together with somebody in order to produce or achieve something
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Incorporate
To include something so that it forms a part of something
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Conduct
To organize and/or do a particular activity
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CTO
Chief technology officer
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Fortune 50
50 biggest companies in the US (sorted by total revenue)
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Reveal
To show
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To orient (yourself)
To find your position in relation to your surroundings
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To jockey
Compete with someone/something or try to win someone/something
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Jockey (noun)
A person who rides horses in races, especially as a job
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Sketch
To make a quick drawing of somebody/something
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Assemble
Put together
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Gingerly
In a careful way (because you´re afraid of being hurt or making a noice)
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Buckle
To become crushed
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Graduate
A person who has a university degree
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Lame
Of poor quality, weak
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Inc.
Incorporation
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To execute
To do a piece of work, perform a duty
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Crisis
A time when a problem, a bad situation or an illness is at its worst point
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Successive
Following immediately one after the other
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Multiple
Many in number
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Iterative
That involves repeating a process again and again
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Essence
The most important quality or feature of something, that makes it what it is
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Capacity
The ability to understand or to do something
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Inch
A unit for measuring length
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Geometry
The branch of math that deals with the measurements and relationships of lines, angles, surfaces and solids
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Pattern
The regular way in which something happens or is done
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To facilitate
To make an action or a process possible or easier
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Ante
Cost, price / A poker stake usually put up before the deal to build the pot
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Innovation
An original invention or creation
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Critical factor
A very important part of, vital ingredient
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Commercial
Related to business or trade
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To launch
To introduce a product into the market
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Features
Characteristics, attributes
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Business practises
The methods used to get things done
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Source
The place something comes from
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Stance
The opinions that somebody has about something and expresses publicly synonym position
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Returns/margins
Profits
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Obsolete
No longer useful because it has been replaced by better designs, out of date
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To transform
To completely change
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Trendsetting
Starts a new fashion
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Genius
Brilliance, great natural ability
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To bomb
To fail
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Generic
A product that is not protected by a patent or a trademark; general, common
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Breakthrough
Important discovery
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Morale
The amount of confidence and enthusiasm that a person or a group has at a particular time
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Partnership
Joint projects, when you work with someone else
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To foster
To encourage something to develop
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Offerings
Something for other people to enjoy; contribution
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Flops
Failures
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Duds
Things that don't work
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Prototype
The very first model of a new design
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Mundane
Ordinary, rather boring
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Generic
A product that is not protected
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Raise/up the ante
To increase the level of something, especially demands or sums of money
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Stake
Something that your risk losing
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Impact
Effect
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Prototyping
Creating the first design or model of something
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Incentive
Something that encourages you to do something
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Digital tools
Programs, websites or online resources that can make tasks easier to complete
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Assumptions
A belief or feeling that something is true or that something will happen, although there is no proof
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Stance
The opinions that somebody has about something and expresses publiclysynonym position
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Tweak
To pull or twist something suddenly
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Adjust
To change something slightly
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To veer
To suddenly change direction
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Stable
A collection
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Free-agent
A freelancer
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To conquer
To win the battle over, to take control of, to dominate
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Lab (laboratory)
Place where experiments are conducted
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Applied arts
Art which has a practical use
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Quality control
Ensuring that products do not have any flaws
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Fiasco
An embarrassing failure
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Progressive
Forward-thinking, modern
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Target market
The group of customers you want to attract
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To bear no relation to
To be unconnected to
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To devise
To invent in a clever way
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Boundary
A limit, the edge of something
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Frontier
The front edge, the front boundary
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Brink
On the very edge of something
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Accomplishment
An achievement
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To dream up
To invent
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Lemons
Products that don't work as they should
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To advance
To move forward
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To revamp
To redesign, to update
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Threshold
Point of entry , doorway; also, a limit
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To modify
To slightly change/improve
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To come up with
To have a new idea for
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Distributors
Somebody who supplies goods to shops
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Troubleshooting
Finding the cause of a problem
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Brainstorming
Coming up with new ideas
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To evaluate
To assess
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Certification
Official approval or permission
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The drawing board
The starting point for a new design
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Fundamental
Serious and very important
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Absent
Not in a place of illness
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Absenteeism
The fact of being frequently away from work or school, especially without good reasons
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Motivation
The reason why somebody does something or behaves in a particular way / The feeling of wanting to do something especially something that involves hard work and effort
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Manual
Involving using the hands or physical strength
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Sickie
A day when you say that a-you are ill and cannot go to work when it is not really true
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Morale
The amount of confidence and enthusiasm
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Stem from
To be the result of something
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Contribute
To help make make something happen
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To anticipate
To expect that something will happen and be ready for it
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To promote
To help something to happen or develop
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Industry
The people and activities involved in producing a particular thing, or in providing a particular service
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Provision
The act of supplying somebody with something that they need or want; something that is supplied
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Anger
The strong feeling that you have when something has happened that you think is bad and unfair
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Resentment
A feeling of anger or unhappiness about something that you think is unfair
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Cooperate
Work together
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Prospect
The possibility that something will happen
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Appealing
Attractive or interesting
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Enhance
Improve, increase
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Session
A period of time that is spent doing particular activity
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Load
An amount of work that a person or machine has to do
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Course
A series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject
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Corporate
Connected with business
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Relevant
Closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are in
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Obvious
Easy to see or understand
