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The Right Stuff

The following is a summary of terms (Key Vocabulary and Expressions) taught in this unit. Puzzles use these words as answers. (See Puzzle Corner in Resources.)
 
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KEY VOCABULARY

Nouns
Businesses
(clothing) boutique
coffee bar
dance club
discount clothing store
hair salon
health club
megastore
music store
sporting goods store
supermarket

Other
advertising
airline
chef
choice
concept
decor
entreprenuer
fast food
feature
gimmick
lighting
location
mustache
price
reason
record
(calculated) risk
safety
sort (of)
style
wait

Adjectives
Qualities for success
athletic
cheap
clever
dynamic
entertaining
excellent
friendly
hard-working
informative
intelligent
patient
persuasive
tough
Other
brand new
crowded
favorite
fit
funny (= strange)
"hip"
"in"
latest
low
modern
packed
profitable
risky
special
talented

Verbs
attract
come up (with)
keep up (with)
last
maintain
print
save (time)
succeed
teach

Adverbs
absolutely
anyway
anywhere
generally
worldwide

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EXPRESSIONS

Describing the purpose of something
In order to . . . , you need to . . . .
(In order) for a/an . . . to . . . , it has to . . . .
To . . . , it's a good idea to . . . .

Describing features
A nice thing about . . . is the . . . .
Another nice thing is that . . . .

Giving reasons
I like . . . because . . . .
It's so popular because of the . . . .
The reason people . . . is to . . . .

Hypothesizing
I think it might . . . .
This could be . . . .

Enumerating considerations
There are three things to consider. First of all, . . . .
    Next, . . . . Finally, . . . .

Accepting an invitation
I thought you'd never ask!

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