Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• per year: For each year; annually.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• such as: For example; like
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• spiral out: To decline or deteriorate rapidly and uncontrollably.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• step to: To approach someone or something, often with a specific purpose.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• double down: In gambling, to double one's bet, typically in exchange for taking one more card.
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• trap in: To catch or confine something in a space.
• watch out: To be careful; to be alert to danger
• got to: To arrive at some place
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• free up: To make something available for a particular use.
• save as: To store a file using a new name or format.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• balance out: To make or become more equal to another thing
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on the horizon: About to happen; approaching.
• pass on: A polite way of saying 'to die'
• close off: To block or obstruct an entrance, passage, or area.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• amount: Quantity of something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• decade: Period of 10 years
• initial: First letter of your given name
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• realistic: Looks or appears real; like things really are
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• factor: Something that influences a result
• account: An advantage
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• doable: Able to be done; possible
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• tweak: To make a small change or adjustment
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• point: An item to be discussed
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• guideline: General rule or instruction how to do a thing
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live