Vocabulary

• by any chance: Used to ask a question in a polite way, often when you do not really expect the answer to be 'yes'
• stay away: To keep a distance from something or someone; to avoid approaching.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• for nothing: Without payment or reward; to no purpose or effect; in vain
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• between the lines: To understand the hidden meaning or intention in something.
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• from now on: Starting at this moment and continuing indefinitely into the future.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• piece of cake: (slang) easy to do
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• rat race: A way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power.
• arrive at: To reach a place, especially at the end of a journey.
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• miserable: Very unhappy
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• financial: Involving money
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• afford: To make available, to provide
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• supplement: Added extra to support or make something complete
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• point: An item to be discussed
• complacent: Unconcerned, self-satisfied
• demise: Concerning a death
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• greedy: Wanting to have more of something than you need
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• disgust: Strong feeling of dislike for something
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer