Vocabulary

• rent out: To allow someone to use something that you own in return for money.
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• go bust: To become bankrupt or fail financially.
• drink out: To consume all the drinks available at a place.
• house rules: A set of guidelines or regulations established within a household to govern behavior and maintain order.
• gone viral: To become very popular by circulating quickly through the Internet.
• from hell: Extremely bad, unpleasant, or difficult.
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• drive down: To cause something to decrease or become lower.
• on alert: In a state of readiness or vigilance; watchful and prepared for potential danger or action.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• have to: Must do
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• squeezed out: To remove an object by pressing something firmly
• like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
• for the loss: Concerning or because of a defeat or loss.
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• dry up: (Of money etc.) to vanish or be nothing left of it
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• consider: To think carefully about something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• financial: Involving money
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• afford: To make available, to provide
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• patron: Person buying products or services of a business
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• altogether: All things considered
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• theft: Act of stealing
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• datum: Item of factual information
• surf: To view webpages on the internet
• occupancy: Act of taking possession of a building
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• dissatisfaction: Feeling of unhappiness or disapproval
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest