Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• stand back: To move away from something, usually to create space or avoid danger.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at will: Whenever or wherever you want; without needing permission.
• falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• crack down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• for rent: Available to be rented or leased.
• park in: To drive a vehicle into a parking spot or area.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• spot: A certain place or area
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• leave: To go away from; depart
• communal: Shared or used in common by members of a group
• vary: To change something and make it different
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• inflate: To fill/be filled with air and make/become bigger
• person: Man, woman or child
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• stability: Quality or state of being even or consistent
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• subsidize: To aid, assist, or help pay a cost or price
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• area: Amount of measured space
• enact: To make a bill into law
• bay: Part of an ocean or lake partly surrounded by land
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• site: Place that is reserved for a particular activity
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• arrangement: Particular design of a device
• homeless: Having no home; living on the streets
• live: To be alive
• tenant: Someone who rents a place from the owner
• inventor: Person who creates new machines, systems etc.
• zip: To compress digital documents into one file
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• dock: To take away a part of an animal's tail
• puppy: Very young dog (and some other animals)
• radish: Plant grown for its edible strong-tasting root
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• entrench: To make an opinion fixed so it is hard to change
• transitional: Regarding changes in state, movement, place etc.
• eviction: Action by a landlord compelling a tenant to leave