Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• pull down: To destroy an old building; demolish
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• in the space of: Within a certain period of time.
• in places: In some locations but not others
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• drive up: To cause something to increase.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• road ahead: The future; what is to come.
• work out
• fall back on: To make use of, when you have no other options
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• whopping: (Informal) huge; very big
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• instrument: Gauge for measuring something, e.g. temperature
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• account: An advantage
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• worthwhile: Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• own: To have something as your property
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• pedal: Lever worked by the foot, e.g. the brakes of a car
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• indirect: Being not directly connected to or caused by
• upward: Toward some higher point or position