Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• make ends meet: To manage to live on the money you have.
• rock bottom: The lowest possible level or point.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• with a twist: In an unexpected or unusual way; with an added element that changes the expected outcome or nature of something.
• on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
• become of: To happen or become the result of something.
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• pull together: To work hard and cooperate with other people in order to achieve something
• deal with
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• come out with: To go out with someone on a date
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• mix up: To put various things together so they become one
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• in good health: Being in a state of physical and mental well-being; not sick or injured.
• in the works: Being planned or prepared; in progress.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• stand here: To remain in or move to this specific location.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• beat up: To hurt someone badly by hitting and punching
• back to normal: Returned to the usual or expected state or condition.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• cut back: To use less of something
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• account: An advantage
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• relic: Valuable, ancient thing or work of art
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• replace: To use instead of something else
• plight: Difficult situation
• predicament: Difficult situation that is hard to get out of
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• stool: Single seat without support for the arms or back
• voluntarily: Of your own free will; not because you were forced
• retirement: Time later in life when you stop working
• pension: Regular payments you receive after you retire
• invite: To ask someone to go somewhere or do something
• dime: Coin worth 10 US cents
• truth: Real facts about something
• adrift: Floating without direction; not anchored
• condo: Building containing individually owned apartments
• wobbly: Moving with a rocking or staggering motion
• seismic: Of earthquakes
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• median: Being in the middle or average
• anymore: No longer; no more
• bailout: Giving money to help someone get out of debt
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• rifle: Group of soldiers armed with rifles
• online: Connected to the internet
• boomer: Member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
• annuity: Annual payment made as part of retirement pension