Vocabulary

• going on: To continue doing something
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• up until now: Until the present time; so far.
• price in: To include a particular cost or factor in a total price.
• bargain for: To expect or anticipate something, especially unexpectedly.
• in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
• experienced in: Having skill or knowledge as a result of experience.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• shift: To change in position or direction
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• bargain: Something bought for a lower price than expected
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• account: An advantage
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• trend: Current style or fashion
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• staff: Employees of a company
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• browse: To look around for things, e.g. in a bookstore
• spree: Short intense period of shopping/killing etc.
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• multilingual: Using or knowing more than one language
• inbound: Directed or moving inward or toward a center
• takeout: Food bought at a restaurant but eaten elsewhere
• yen: Currency used in Japan