Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• on steroids: Greatly enhanced or intensified; more powerful or effective than usual.
• at least: As a minimum
• go away: To go on vacation
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have on: To be wearing something.
• get around to: To finally start doing something you avoided doing
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• count down: To say numbers in order from say 10 to 1
• next to: Being located along side another
• with time: As time passes; eventually.
• left out: To forget; omit
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• blue collar: Relating to manual work or workers, especially in industry.
• in a vacuum: Existing or considered without relation to other things; isolated from outside influences.
• in terms of
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• tip of the iceberg: A small visible part of a much larger problem.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• box: A marked area of a baseball field
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• tomorrow: The time that is to come; the future
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• talk: Style of speaking
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• today: This day; day that is happening now
• eat: To put food in your mouth
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• apple: Hard round red or green fruit with a white center
• chocolate: Hard brown candy made from cocoa beans
• week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• join: To bring something close to another, to become one
• checking: To confirm the details of something are correct
• wonderful: Producing feelings of enjoyment or delight
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• license: To give official permission to do something
• left: To go away from; depart
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• powerful: Having control or influence over
• painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• afford: To make available, to provide
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• lottery: Betting game of buying tickets to win money
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• saving: To make your computer keep a file
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• retirement: Time later in life when you stop working
• loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• slightly: Only a little
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• emotionally: In a way that shows your feelings
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• representative: Typical example of a particular category
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• lifestyle: The type of life that you have; the way you live
• sample: To try (e.g. food, drink), to see if you like it
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• behavioral: Concerning the way people act
• aversion: Strong feeling of dislike
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• inertia: Lack of movement or activity
• gratification: Pleasure; happiness; satisfaction
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• procrastinating: To delay doing something that you ought to do
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• insure: To buy protection against possible loss, damage
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person