Vocabulary and Expression Builders.

Networking vocabulary
Lobbies To Influence professionally.
She lobbies the government for her job.
Blogs A chat area on the internet.
She has a blog.
Alumni Old school friends.
The alumni meets every week at the pub downtown.
Concise To be precise and clear.
The presentation was concise.
Pejorative A negative definition.
He has a pejorative behavior.
A real estate agent A person who sells and rents houses, buildings, land, and apartments.
He is a top performing real estate agent.
Subtle (pronounced sutle) He is not obvious in his behavior.
He is very subtle at work.
To label To identify by characteristic.
He was labeled brilliant.

Fund raiser To make money for a purpose or for a cause like the Red Cross.
The students were organizing a fund raiser.
Acquaintances People we know, from a distance.
She has many acquaintances but few friends.
Tool Something to build something.
They needed a tool to fix the car.
Phase Steps in a process.
There are seven phases in the project.
Waiting room A room where you wait for an appointment.
There is a waiting room at my dentist.
Graduate studies (Masters or a PhD) University studies after a Bachelor's Degrees (usually 4-7 years of study).
He is doing graduate studies in Germany.
Scam An organized trick. Usually to make money.
The business project was a scam.
Excerpts Section of a text.
They presented excerpts from the book.