Vocabulary

• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• chip away: To gradually make something weaker or smaller.
• on credit: Purchasing something now but paying for it later.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• euphoria: Extreme happiness, sometimes more than reasonable
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• great: Very good; better than before
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• contend: To struggle or compete for
• level: Specific height of something
• datum: Item of factual information
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• payment: Amount of money that is paid for something
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject