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EDUCATION

1.-   COLLEGE   DROPOUT:   A persons who leaves college without graduating.
   Example:   My father was a college dropout, but
                    now he is a succesful businessman.

2.-   TO BE WORTH X   DOLLARS:   To have the value of X dollars.
Example:   That house is worth half a million dollars.

3.-    TO HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON:   To have similars tastes, interests, values etc.
   Example: My sister and I are good friends, but we don’t have much                      in common.

4.-    RELATIVELY:   More or less, in comparison to something else.
    Example:   My house is relatively large compared to other house
                     in my neighborhood.

5.-   OVERNIGHT:   Happening during the night, from one day to the next.
    Example:   Overnight the weather changed from hot to cold.

6.-   ENTREPRENEUR:   A person who organizes and manages a new business, often     taking great financial risk.
    Example:   Walt Disney, the creator of Disneyland, was a
                      famous entrepreneur.

7.-   BACKGROUND:   A person’s past experience, education, family life,etc.
    Example:   The interviewer asked me to tell him about my background.

8.-   TO TAKE   A   RISK:   To do something that might be dangerous.       Example: Mr Smith decided to take arisk by quitting his job                                   and starting his own business.

9.-   GAMBLER:   Someone who bet money on games, horses, etc.
     Example:   He is a professional gambler in Las Vegas.

10.-   TO INVENT:   To create or design something that did not exist before.
     Example:   Thomas Edison invented many useful things, including
                       the light bulb and the pornograph.

11.-   EMPLOYEE:   A person who works for a company or business.
      Example:   This company has 2,000 employees.

12.-   LENS:   A piece of glass used in cameras, telescopes, eyeglasses and other optical instruments.
      Example:   Last week I went to the eye doctor. He told me I                                    needed new lenses for may glasses.

Also a word about Education....
MID TERM (EXAM)
          Example:   This week I have three midterms.

FINAL ( EXAM ):   A test at the end of a school course.