Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• have to: Must do
• down under: A colloquial term for Australia and New Zealand.
• under the hood: Beneath the bonnet of a vehicle.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• eat out: To eat at a restaurant
• out of luck: To not have any luck; to be unfortunate
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• owing to: Due to
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• one of those things: An unfortunate but unavoidable event.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• rate as: To consider someone or something to be of a particular quality or standard.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• at least: As a minimum
• mortgage payments: Regular installments paid towards the repayment of a mortgage loan.
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
• drive up: To cause something to increase.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• fall behind: To get behind or late, because of going slowly
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• decade: Period of 10 years
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• hesitant: Pausing because unsure or reluctant to act
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• prosperous: Being successful and having a lot of money
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• land: Region or country
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• barbecue: Grill used for cooking food over an open fire
• ore: Rock containing valuable metal