Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• per year: For each year; annually.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• hinges on: Depends entirely on something.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• have to: Must do
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• a few moments: A short period of time
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• for instance: As an example.
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• side note: A brief piece of additional information or a comment that is related to the main subject but is not essential to it.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• chip away: To gradually make something weaker or smaller.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• stand in for: To take the role of another person
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• in terms of
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• in a manner: In a specific way or style.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• courtesy of: Provided or permitted by (someone or something).
• happy ending: A conclusion to a story, play, movie, etc., in which everything turns out well for the protagonists.
• go forth: To begin or proceed with something, especially after hesitation or delay.
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• courtesy: Polite and respectful behavior
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• century: Period of 100 years
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• act: To behave in a certain way
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• endorsement: Support for a product for advertising purposes
• swipe: To pass a magnetic card through a digital reader
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• constitute: To become a group of
• materialism: Desire for wealth and material possessions
• inheritance: Past ideals, styles still important in the present
• mistress: Woman in sexual relationship with a married man
• clergy: Priests as a group
• novelist: Author who writes novels
• countenance: Expression of the face
• upstart: Suddenly successful person with little training
• personhood: Being a person