С1+ Unit 1А

live on the margins of society

• to lead a poor life

• to lead a wealthy life

tenement housing

• a detached house

• a block of flats

from scratch

• from the beginning

• based on smth already done

to drop out

• to start studying

• to stop studying

to make ends meet

• to earn just enough money to buy the most needed things

• to earn a high salary

appalling conditions

• perfect

• awful

more often than not

• not usually

• usually

believe your own hype

• how good people say you are

• how bad people say you are

to screw up

• to make a mistake

• to to use a screwdriver

to do the best of one's ability

• to take up smth new

• to put all the effort you can in smth