Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• cut back: To use less of something
• set back: To cost someone, often a large amount
• on the go: Very busy and active.
• think twice: To consider something carefully before doing it, especially because it could have negative consequences.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• afford: To make available, to provide
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• vibrant: Having a lot of energy and being very active
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• option: A choice
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• act: To behave in a certain way
• frequent: Happening often
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• daily: Happening every day
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• elevate: To make something higher
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• policymaker: Someone who makes and decides (government) plans