Vocabulary

• down and out: Without money, a job, or a place to live; destitute.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• down the drain: Wasted or lost completely.
• down to earth: Practical, realistic, and approachable.
• down to the wire: Until the last possible moment before a deadline or decision.
• down in the dumps: Feeling sad, depressed, or discouraged.
• in the dumps: Feeling sad or depressed.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• have to: Must do
• of means: Having resources or wealth available for use.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• clock in: To record the time of one's arrival at work, typically using a time clock.
• check out
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• person: Man, woman or child
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground