Vocabulary

• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• think through: To consider carefully so all points are covered
• in the cards: Likely or expected to happen in the future.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• got to: To arrive at some place
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• rule of thumb: A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• off guard: In a vulnerable state; not alert or cautious.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• amount: Quantity of something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• shift: To change in position or direction
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• sanctuary: Place to find rest and relaxation
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• fully: Completely or entirely
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• sewer: Underground pipe that removes water and waste
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• median: Being in the middle or average
• bathroom: Room where you take a bath or go to the toilet
• stucco: Cement used for covering outside walls
• ethernet: Network technology for local area networks