Vocabulary

• give back: To return something you borrowed
• making ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• in arrears: Being behind in paying bills, e.g. rent
• in debt: State of owing money to a person or institution
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• winning the lottery: To be successful in a game of chance where numbers are drawn.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• behind with: Having failed to pay money that is owed at the time you should have.
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• moral obligation: A duty based on moral principles and values.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• owe: To need to do something in return for a favor etc.
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• daily: Happening every day
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• fictional: Including people and events that are not real
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• lottery: Betting game of buying tickets to win money
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• worksheet: Piece of paper showing work planned or done
• penny: Person's name
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• repay: To do in return for something done for you
• sociologist: Person who specializes in the study of society
• payback: Financial return or reward in return for a loan