Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• at a premium: At a high price or great value; scarce and desirable.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• pull down: To destroy an old building; demolish
• pull it out: To remove something from a place or container by pulling.
• next door: Living in the house next to the one mentioned
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• in places: In some locations but not others
• at a price: Achieved but with negative consequences or a significant cost.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• extreme: Very great in degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• afford: To make available, to provide
• tiny: Very, very small
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• prosperous: Being successful and having a lot of money
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• cupboard: Piece of furniture used for storage
• futuristic: Concerning futurism
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• curtain: Piece of cloth used to cover a window
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• public: Owned by the government
• deck: Floor built into a ship, bus, plane or home
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• ingenious: Very good at making things or solving problems
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• annoy: To make someone angry
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
• area: Amount of measured space
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• knit: To join or be joined closely together
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• landlord: Someone who owns and rents a place to people
• illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
• dishwasher: Machine for washing dishes
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
• spaceship: Spacecraft designed to travel into space
• pinky: Little finger; finger farthest from the thumb