Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• dip into: To spend part of some money which you have been saving.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• cough up: To provide money, often unwillingly
• break into: To start suddenly (crying, panicking, etc.)
• save up: To gradually collect money by saving.
• wash up: To clean the plates, bowls and cups after eating
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• put aside: To save money regularly.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• wash out: To erode or be eroded by the force of water.
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• shell out: To pay money, especially when the amount is large or considered too much.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• pay back: To return money or a favor
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• go on: To continue doing something
• scrape by: To manage to live on very little money.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• stop working: To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• fork over: To hand over money or something else, especially when unwillingly.
• go in for: To enter a competition
• pay down: To reduce the amount of money needing to be paid
• paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• part with: To give something away; relinquish possession of something.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• bear with me: Be patient with me.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• English: Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• stop: To block or close something
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
• cough: To suddenly expel air from the lungs