Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out of fashion: No longer fashionable or in style.
• on sale: Available at a reduced price
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• third year: The third year of a course of study, especially at a university or college.
• hold off: To delay doing something; postpone.
• write in: To add text to a document or form.
• read through: To read something from beginning to end, often to find mistakes or check details.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• out of pocket: Having spent more money than one has received.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• going on: To continue doing something
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• fork out: To pay a large amount of money, often unwillingly.
• for the sake of: For the purpose of; in the interest of.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• trade off: Exchange that occurs as a compromise
• mental: Concerning the mind
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• amount: Quantity of something
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• financial: Involving money
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• outrageous: Exceeding the usual limits; far too extreme
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• liability: Something that is owed to someone else, e.g. debt
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• dye: A liquid that colors hair, cloth etc.
• correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• ignition: Process of making catch fire (e.g. an engine)
• quid: Slang for one British pound