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Recently, the group announced that it had [5] raised a 5.5- million-dollar

investment from overseas funds. This proves that the KAfe chain is considered to
have great potential in developing further and becoming even more successful in
the future.

VOCABULARY

 booming: [adjective] having a sudden increase in business, wealth and success.

Example: The owner was able to buy new machinery, because his company was
booming and he had money to invest.

 start-ups: [noun] companies that are just opening.

Example: Many start-ups fail because they do not have enough money to survive
their first year in business.

 chain: [noun] a group of businesses owned by the same company.

Example: There are about 6 large chains of supermarkets selling food in the UK.

 boutiques: [noun] a small business that sells fashionable products.

Example: A famous street in London is full of small boutiques selling all the latest

styles of clothes.

 franchises: [noun] businesses which have been given permission by a company to
sell its products in a particular area.

Example: The largest restaurant franchise in the UK is McDonalds.

 word of mouth: [expression] The chain is famous because people have talked about
it to each other.

Example: The news of the accident spread by word of mouth, hours before it was
reported on TV.

 brand name: [noun] the name given to a product by the company that produces it.

Example: The brand name of the most famous trainers is NIKE.

 rustic: [adjective] simple – typical of the countryside.

Example: It is impossible to see rustic styles of houses in Hanoi nowadays.

 investment: [noun] a sum of money that you lend to a business, expecting that you
will make more money over a period of time.

Example: The investment of money by the bank enabled the business to expand.