Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• mortgage payments: Regular installments paid towards the repayment of a mortgage loan.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• have to: Must do
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• roof over: A place to live; shelter or housing.
• fix the problem: To find a solution to a problem; to repair something that is broken.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• at least: As a minimum
• over your head: Too difficult to understand.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• a good portion: A significant or substantial amount of something.
• in the hands of: Under the control or responsibility of someone.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• check out
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• shift: To change in position or direction
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump
• afford: To make available, to provide
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• huge: Very very large
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• option: A choice
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• median: Being in the middle or average
• artificially: Not naturally; made by people
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution