Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• build in: To include something as part of a plan, system, or design.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• last person: The individual who is the final one in a sequence or group.
• build a house: To construct a building for habitation.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• mortgage payments: Regular installments paid towards the repayment of a mortgage loan.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• on the market: Available for sale.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• demand on: A strong need or requirement that places a burden or strain.
• share in: To participate in something; to have a part or interest in something.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• bring down: To destroy (government, etc.) forcefully
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• roof over: A place to live; shelter or housing.
• over your head: Too difficult to understand.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• check out
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• financial: Involving money
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• fraction: Small part of something
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• analogy: Comparison of things based on their similarity
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• huge: Very very large
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• plummet: To fall quickly, as from the sky
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• own: To have something as your property
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• hypothetically: In a hypothetical way; as an example
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution