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.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• amount: Quantity of something
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• 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
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• eligible: Being able to be chosen or selected; suitable
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• 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
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• sanctuary: Place to find rest and relaxation
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• cushion: Soft object to make a seat more comfortable
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• sewer: Underground pipe that removes water and waste
• tile: Squares of hard material to cover floor/roof/wall
• 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