Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• squeeze into: To manage to get into a small or crowded space.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• free up: To make something available for a particular use.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• piece together: To assemble or put together from fragments or parts.
• drive up: To cause something to increase.
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• duke it out: To fight or box, especially with fists.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• lease out: To rent property to someone else for a period of time.
• have to: Must do
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• fabric: Cloth or material
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• communal: Shared or used in common by members of a group
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• profitable: Being useful; benefiting someone or something
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• auction: To sell to a person offering the highest price
• astronomical: Extremely large or high
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• scarcity: Very small or limited amount of something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• cramp: Sharp, unexpected pain when a muscle becomes tight
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• conserve: To save or protect something
• own: To have something as your property
• resident: Trainee doctor who works/lives in a hospital
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• person: Man, woman or child
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• land: Region or country
• business: A company formed for making profit
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• rank: To rate or class things
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• coffin: Wooden box in which a dead body is put
• bidder: Person who offers an amount to buy something