Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at a loss
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• pan out: (Of events) to happen as you expected them to
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• a tremendous amount: A very large quantity or number of something.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• rely upon: To depend on someone or something; to trust or have confidence in.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• eat into: To reduce the amount of something, especially money.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• for rent: Available to be rented or leased.
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• trivial: Small; unimportant; worthless
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• afford: To make available, to provide
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• affluent: Having plenty of money and possessions
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• leave: To go away from; depart
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• obtain: To be given or to earn something through efforts
• solely: With no one or nothing else
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• equate: To consider things to be equal or the same
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• heinous: Hatefully bad; evil
• elevate: To make something higher
• seismic: Of earthquakes
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• happen: To take place or occur
• come: To arrive at a place
• condo: Building containing individually owned apartments
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• price: Person's name
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
• brokerage: Stock broker's business
• outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building
• prohibitive: Tending to discourage, e.g. if a price is too high
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want
• townhouse: A small home with little land for city living