Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• at least: As a minimum
• roof over: A place to live; shelter or housing.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• making ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• by and large: Generally; on the whole; mostly.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• such as: For example; like
• over your head: Too difficult to understand.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• save up: To gradually collect money by saving.
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• rack up: To accumulate or amass something, typically debts or points.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• stay afloat: To have enough money to pay what you owe; to survive financially.
• trade off: Exchange that occurs as a compromise
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• set up
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• amount: Quantity of something
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• afford: To make available, to provide
• rampant: Growing rapidly and uncontrollably
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• require: To demand that someone does something
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• quarter: 25 cents
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• prospective: Likely to happen or be something in the future
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• own: To have something as your property
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
• lottery: Betting game of buying tickets to win money
• afloat: Remaining on top of a liquid; floating
• median: Being in the middle or average
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• online: Connected to the internet
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject