Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• at least: As a minimum
• due to: Because of; owing to
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• leave school: To finish your education at a school, college, or university.
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• switch off
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• warm up: To gently exercise muscles before doing sport
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• get up in: To wake and leave bed at a particular time.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• poverty: State of being poor
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• afford: To make available, to provide
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• leave: To go away from; depart
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• staff: Employees of a company
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• daily: Happening every day
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• gap: Distance between two objects
• hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• penny: Person's name
• spokesperson: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
• backside: The part of your body you sit on
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.