Vocabulary

• build a house: To construct a building for habitation.
• strip away: To gradually reduce the power, rights, or possessions of someone.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• kill two birds with one stone : To accomplish two different things at the same time.
• 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.
• turn things around: To cause a situation or business to improve significantly.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• phenomenal: Amazing; remarkable
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• respect: To follow the established rules
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• click: To work well with someone or something
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• attest: To state or confirm that something is true or real
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• flashy: Bright and fancy, but not tasteful
• lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• weld: To bring things together in close association