Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• small potatoes: Something considered unimportant or trivial.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• add up to: To amount to a particular sum or total.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• take with: To bring something or someone along when you go somewhere.
• have to: Must do
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• in terms of
• break out
• at least: As a minimum
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• big: Popular
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• bank: A financial institution that keeps or lends money
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• talk: Style of speaking
• small: Little in size; not big
• picture: General situation or state of being
• drawing: To attract attention to someone or something
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• color: To change or affect someone's opinion
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• sheet: Piece of cloth you put on the bed to sleep on
• gold: Dark yellow color often seen in sunsets
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• piece: A counter in a board game
• left: To go away from; depart
• borrow: To take and later return something from another
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• craziness: Insanity; strangeness
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• discount: To consider to be not important or not true
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• total: Whole number or amount of something
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• account: An advantage
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• liquidity: Degree to which your wealth is held in cash
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• diagram: A drawing intended to explain how something works
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• treasury: Government office concerned with finance
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• width: Distance from one side of something to the other
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• lower: In a position more near the bottom
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• banking: To put or keep your money in a bank
• error: Something that is not correct; a mistake
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• index: Number showing how prices, wages changed over time
• liability: Something that is owed to someone else, e.g. debt
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• fund: To supply money for something
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• funding: To supply money for something
• predominantly: Mainly; in a way that indicates a greater degree
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• collateral: Property you offer as security against a loan
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• depository: Facility where things can be deposited for storage
• outright: In a complete manner; totally
• solvent: Substance used to dissolve or melt others
• envisioned: To imagine or picture in your mind
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• chunk: A large bit of something; thick lump