Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• on the real: Honestly or truly; speaking sincerely.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• food critic: A person who professionally evaluates and critiques food and restaurants.
• seasonal jobs: Temporary employment that is available during certain times of the year.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
• astronaut: Person who travels in space
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• American: Person from the USA
• critic: Person who judges (e.g. art) and gives opinions
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• job: Something that must be done
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• mascot: Object, person or animal used to represent a team
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• salary: Money an employee is paid each month
• ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
• inventor: Person who creates new machines, systems etc.
• exclude: To prevent someone from taking part in something
• beer: Alcoholic drink that is made from wheat or grains
• clerk: Person who works in a store or bank
• billboard: Large outdoor signboard with an ad on it
• comfortably: Having more than enough e.g. money for your needs
• conceptual: Including concepts or the forming of concepts
• missionary: Concerning or connected to a religious mission
• momentarily: For an instant or moment
• linear: Made of lines
• plow: Piece of farm equipment used to turn over soil
• seasonal: Of or occurring at a particular time of year
• median: Being in the middle or average
• boxer: Someone who fights with his fists for sport
• inspector: Person whose job is to inspect places
• hippie: Someone rejecting established culture
• oregon: A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
• reaper: Farm machine that harvest a food crop
• stub: A stand-in piece of programming code
• baron: Very influential, powerful person in a business
• cannonball: Solid ball of metal fired from a cannon
• salesman: Person whose job is to sell things
• homer: A base hit on which the batter scores a run
• mart: Market in which goods are sold or bought