Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• by the book: According to the rules; strictly
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• such as: For example; like
• go towards: To move in the direction of someone or something.
• picked it up: To acquire or obtain something.
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• decade: Period of 10 years
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• financial: Involving money
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• valuable: Being useful or important
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• mentality: Attitude toward, or a belief about something
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• piece: A counter in a board game
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• prolific: Producing something in large quantities
• convict: Person in prison
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• lottery: Betting game of buying tickets to win money
• jackpot: The big prize in a lottery, game of chance, etc.
• gambling: Act of betting money on events