Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• going on: To continue doing something
• slack off: To reduce the amount of effort one puts into something.
• at least: As a minimum
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• picking up the slack: To do extra work to cover for someone not completing their duties.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• put in effort: To apply energy and work towards a goal.
• have to: Must do
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• flexible: Bending easily
• due: When something is required or expected
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• click: To work well with someone or something
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• trend: Current style or fashion
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• phrasal: Concerning or consisting of a phrase
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
• petrol: Liquid used as fuel in car engines; (US) gasoline
• sail: To travel across water in a boat or a ship
• review: To carefully look at the quality of something
• rope: A thick string made by twisting fibers together
• electric: Creating a feeling of excitement
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• telegraph: To signal to someone without speaking