Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• set up
• black market: An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of official restrictions.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• roof over: A place to live; shelter or housing.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• at least: As a minimum
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• except that: But; with the exception that.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• buy up: To buy all of something for sale
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• on camera: While being filmed or recorded.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• out of the question: Impossible; not worth discussing.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• back then: At that time in the past.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• afford: To make available, to provide
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• option: A choice
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• enemy: Something that stops you doing what you want
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• squat: To illegally live on anothers property or land
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• vacant: Having no fixtures, furniture, or inhabitants
• mistrust: To feel that you cannot trust someone or something
• online: Connected to the internet
• eviction: Action by a landlord compelling a tenant to leave
• canary: Small yellow songbird that can be kept as a pet