Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• at least: As a minimum
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• quick look: A brief or cursory inspection or examination.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• with time: As time passes; eventually.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• for instance: As an example.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• deal with
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• sell off: To sell something quickly, usually because you need the money or because you want to stop being involved with it.
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• rack up: To accumulate or amass something, typically debts or points.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• cut back: To use less of something
• do your best: To try as hard as you can; put in maximum effort.
• off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• mortgage payments: Regular installments paid towards the repayment of a mortgage loan.
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• instance: An example of something; case
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• 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
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• afford: To make available, to provide
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• caveat: Warning or caution in a legal document
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• postpone: To schedule for a later time
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
• hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
• hibernate: (Of animals) to spend a winter asleep or resting
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• hermit: Person that lives alone and away from society
• defer: To hold back to a later time