Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• have to: Must do
• window of opportunity: A favorable period of time for doing something that will lead to a successful outcome.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• decent life: A life that is satisfactory, respectable, and reasonably comfortable.
• dig deep: To make a great effort; to try very hard.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• as time goes by: Over the course of time; as time passes.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• calm down: To make or become relaxed after being stressed
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• kick in: (Of a medicine, plan, etc.) to start to have an effect; become operative
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• roof over: A place to live; shelter or housing.
• over your head: Too difficult to understand.
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• deal with
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• check out
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• huge: Very very large
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• bubble: A small ball of air inside of a liquid
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• deflation: When prices of good/service fall instead of rising