Vocabulary

• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• in places: In some locations but not others
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in the moment: At the present time; now.
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• regardless of
• have to: Must do
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• trade up: To buy something of a higher value or quality than what you have.
• in terms of
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• on the market: Available for sale.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• plan on: To intend to do something; to expect to do something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• at least: As a minimum
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• amount: Quantity of something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• afford: To make available, to provide
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• seek: To ask someone for help
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• rack: A frame, stand, hook on which things are hung
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• median: Being in the middle or average
• comparatively: When you compare it to something else
• compression: Act of reducing something in time, size, quantity
• boomer: Member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject