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Pushing the limits glossary Flashcards

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Innovation

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An original invention or creation

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Critical factor

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A very important part of

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Commercial

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Related to business or trade

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To launch

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To introduce a product into the market

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Features

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Characteristics, attributes

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Business practices

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The methods used to get things done

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Source

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Place something comes from

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Entrepreneur

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Someone who turns an original idea into a business

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Returns/margins

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Profits

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Obsolete

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No longer useful because it has been replaced by better designs; out of date

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To transform

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To completely change

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Trendsetting

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Starting a new fashion

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Genius

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Brilliance; great natural abiliry

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To bomb

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To fail

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To revel in

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To very much enjoy the experience

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Breakthrough

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Important discovery

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To take the reins of

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To take control of

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Partnership

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Joint projects; when you work with someone else

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Housewares

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Household equipments

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Offerings

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Something for other people to enjoy

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Flops

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Failures

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Duds

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Things that don’t work

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Prototype

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The very first model of a new design

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Mundane

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Ordinary; rather boring

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Generic

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A product that is not protected by a patent or a trademark; general, common

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To veer

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To suddenly change direction

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Stable

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A collection

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Free-agent

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Freelancer

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To conquer

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To win the battle over; to dominate; to take control of

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Lab (laboratory)

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Place where experiments are conducted

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Applied arts

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Art which has a practical use

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To experiment

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To try new things

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Fiasco

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An embarrassing failure

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Progressive

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Forward-thinking; modern

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Target market

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The group of costumers you want to attract

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To bear no relation to

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To be unconnected to

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To devise

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To invent in a clever way

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Boundary

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A limit; the edge of something

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Frontier

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The front edge; the front boundary

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Brink

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The very edge of something

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Accomplishment

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An achievement; successful completion

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To dream up

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To invent

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Lemons

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Products that don’t work as they should

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To advance

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To move forward

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To revamp

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To redesign; to update

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Threshold

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Point of entry: doorway; a limit

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To modify

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To slightly change/improve

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To come up with

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To have a new idea for

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Distributors

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Someone who supplies goods to shops

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Troubleshooting

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Finding the cause of a problem

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Brainstorming

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Coming up with new ideas

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Quality control

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Ensuring that products do not have any flaws

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To evaluate

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To assess

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Certification

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Official approval or permission

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The drawing board

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The starting point for a new design

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