Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• such as: For example; like
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• save up: To gradually collect money by saving.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• on the market: Available for sale.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• rent out: To allow someone to use something that you own in return for money.
• out of pocket: Having spent more money than one has received.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• get behind: To support or encourage.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• make over: To transfer the ownership of something to someone
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• dial back: To reduce or lessen something, such as intensity or amount.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• in case of: If something happens; in the event of.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• create with: To use specific tools, materials, or techniques in the process of creating something.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• amount: Quantity of something
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• huge: Very very large
• account: An advantage
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• avocado: Pear-shaped fruit with green flesh and large stone
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• societal: Concerning society or a society
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• toast: Bread grilled to make it brown and crisp
• online: Connected to the internet
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject