Vocabulary

• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• up the wall: Extremely annoyed or frustrated.
• move out: To leave a house or flat permanently.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• down the track: At some point in the future.
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• at least: As a minimum
• beyond the pale: Outside the bounds of acceptable behavior; outrageous.
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• leave: To go away from; depart
• pale: Light in color; unhealthy looking
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• verdict: Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• constructive: Having positive effective results
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• own: To have something as your property
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• specialist: Person who works in one specific area or field
• dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
• nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• disservice: Act intended to help that turns out badly
• boomer: Member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject