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Word building: verbs to nouns
100

a situation in which a business spends more money than it earns

a loss

100

They ________ (drive) to New York tomorrow morning.

 are driving 

100

launch

US  /lɑːntʃ/ UK  /lɔːntʃ/ 

100
a synonym of "expensive"

costly or pricey

100

act

action

200

the people who might want to buy something, or a part of the world where something is sold

market

200

Susan __________ the bathroom next weekend. (paint)

is going to paint

200

to export

US  /ˈek.spɔːrt/ UK  /ɪkˈspɔːt/ 

200

to forget what one was talking or thinking about

to lose train of thought

200

create

creation

300

to begin something such as a plan or introduce something new such as a product

to launch

300

I hope the weather _______ (be) nice.

will be

300

demeanour

 /dɪˈmiː.nər/

300

a way of looking and behaving

demeanour

300

compete

competition

400

to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it

to take over

400

We ____(sunbathe) from 9 to 12 o’clock tomorrow morning.

will be sunbathing

400

Seize

 |siːz|

400

bringing money, profitable (adj)

lucrative

400

authorise

authorisation

500

to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way

to expand

500

 I’m taking a good map because we ___ (get lost)

might get lost

500

Acquaintance

/əˈkweɪn.təns/

500

 sudden failure to remember a basic fact, name or word, especially when this is embarrassing or in public

brain freeze

500

persuade

persuasion

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