Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
• such as: For example; like
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• very top: The highest point or part of something.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• come around: To eventually change your opinion or be persuaded to agree with someone else's.
• up for grabs: Available to anyone who wants them.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• pay gap: The difference between the average earnings of different groups of people (e.g., men and women) in a workforce.
• for rent: Available to be rented or leased.
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• amount: Quantity of something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• huge: Very very large
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• performance: Act of doing something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• hefty: Being heavy or large
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• supplement: Added extra to support or make something complete
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• medal: Metal award, often round, usually for courage
• prohibit: To make something impossible
• competitor: Someone taking part in race, business, etc.
• bronze: Having a yellowish olive-brown color
• covet: To strongly desire something another person has
• massage: Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax
• sponsorship: Money given to a student to pay for education
• polo: Game in which horseback riders try to score goals