Vocabulary

1.With his morning coffee, father likes to browse through the newspaper for interesting articles.

• to look at something or read casually

• feeling a great desire or need for something

• Strange; not easy to explain

With so many shelves and books in the library, it’s easy to get lost in the book stacks

• A partial advance payment

• To waste money on something that is useless or fun

• The main area where books are shelved (in a library)

Don’t you think it’s a bit odd to have snow in April?

• Strange, not easy to explain

• Feeling a great desire or need for something

• To scam people

The bank manager told us that our mortgage would be approved as long as we made a five percent down payment on the house.

• A partial advanced payment

• Very expensive

• To waste money that is useless or fun

It took a Robert a whole year to scrape together enough money to buy his new bicycle

• Feeling a great desire or need for something

• To manage to collect enough money

• Getting money without having a job

You shouldn’t blow all your money on frivolous things, save it for something important.

• Giving the impression that something is illegal or dishonest

• To waste money on something that is useless or fun

• To look at something or read casually

He tried making some easy money by selling insurance

• Money that is earned easily without much work

• To mange to collect enough (money)

• To waste money on something that is useless or fun

The email was from an unknown sender and looked suspicious, so I immediately deleted it.

• Strange; not easy to explain

• Money that is earned easily, without much work

• Giving the impression that something is illegal or dishonest

After the long adventures journey, they were desperate to get back home

• feeling a great desire or need for something

• A partial advance payment

• Feeling very sick 😷

able to see things as they really are and to deal with them in a practical way

• Realistic

• Optimistic

• Pessimistic