Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• live life: To enjoy life and make the most of every moment.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• eat out: To eat at a restaurant
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• think through: To consider carefully so all points are covered
• at a price: Achieved but with negative consequences or a significant cost.
• on credit: Purchasing something now but paying for it later.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• second nature: A behavior that has become automatic or habitual.
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• consider: To think carefully about something
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• amount: Quantity of something
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• adequate: Enough; good enough for what is needed
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• tedious: Being uninteresting and taking a long time; boring
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• proactive: Acting to head off anticipated future problems
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• furniture: Items such as tables, chairs, beds or closets
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• utility: Public services such as gas, water, or electricity
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• avocado: Pear-shaped fruit with green flesh and large stone
• conscientious: Careful to do things as you know you should do
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• replace: To use instead of something else
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• upfront: Frank and honest
• burn: To destroy with fire
• enact: To make a bill into law
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• differ: To be different; to be not like others
• gambling: Act of betting money on events
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• reinvest: To reuse resources to build for the future
• homeowner: Someone who owns a home