Advanced vocabulary

Question 1

Standard of living

Answer 1

Refers to the type of life you have, according to the amount of money you have.

Question 2

Buying power

Answer 2

Ability to buy certain goods or services.

Question 3

Income gap

Answer 3

Difference in income between one group or another.

Question 4

Have-nots

Answer 4

People who have very little or no money.

Question 5

Cost of living

Answer 5

amount of money you need in order to pay your basics, such as food and shelter.

Question 6

Quality of life

Answer 6

enjoyment of life at basic level, which includes being happy and healthy, rather than having lots of money.

Question 7

Rate

Answer 7

degree of speed or progress.

Question 8

Trade

Answer 8

activity of buying, selling or exchanging goods or services between people, countries, etc.

Question 9

Profitable

Answer 9

result of something that has benefit for you.

Question 10

Striking

Answer 10

something that is very noticeable or unusual.

Question 11

Whether

Answer 11

to talk about a choice or doubt between two or more alternatives. / to say that something is true in any of the circumstances that you mention.

Question 12

Passing fashion

Answer 12

something that becomes very succesful and fashionable but then very quickly, goes out of fashion and stops being succesful.

Question 13

Buzz

Answer 13

if there’s buzz around something, people are interested in it and talking about it on social media and on TV or radio.

Question 14

Upmarket

Answer 14

upmarket goods or services are very expensive and are made for people who are prepared to spend a lot of money on them.

Question 15

Got off on the wrong foot

Answer 15

to have a bad start.

Question 16

Got cold feet

Answer 16

whithdraw from doing something that makes you feel anxious.

Question 17

Shot itself in the foot

Answer 17

do something that damages your own situation or prospects.

Question 18

Find your feet

Answer 18

start to feel more confident in a new situation.

Question 19

Conscientious

Answer 19

Someone who works hard and is careful to do things well.

Question 20

Reliable

Answer 20

You can trust in that person and depend on them.

Question 21

Resourceful

Answer 21

Someone that is good at finding effective ways to deal with problems.

Question 22

Background

Answer 22

The type of family and culture that you come from.

Question 23

Experience

Answer 23

The knowledge or skill that you gain for doing something.

Question 24

Knowledge

Answer 24

your knowledge of something of all the facts that you know about it.

Question 25

Qualification

Answer 25

sth that you get when you succesfully complete a course.

Question 26

Attach

Answer 26

to fasten or affix, join or connect.

Question 27

Bearer

Answer 27

a person or thing that carries, upholds or brings.

Question 28

Characterless

Answer 28

somewhere that is very ordinary and with no interesting qualities.

Question 29

Ghost town

Answer 29

is a town where few or no people now live.

Question 30

Quaint

Answer 30

somewhere interesting or attractive with a slightly strange and old-fashioned quality.

Question 31

Run-down

Answer 31

something that has deteriorated over time.

Question 32

Scruffy

Answer 32

somewhere that is not well looked after and looks slightly dirty and untidy.

Question 33

Slightly

Answer 33

small in amount or degree.

Question 34

Tidy

Answer 34

clearly organized

Question 35

Shantytown

Answer 35

area in the edge of a town where poor people live in very simply build houses.

Question 36

Sprawling

Answer 36

town or city that is built over a wide area in a way that is ugly or not carefuly planned

Question 37

En-suite bathroom

Answer 37

is the one that is joined to the bedroom.

Question 38

Roof garden

Answer 38

outside area with plants on the flat roof of a building

Question 39

State-of-the-art

Answer 39

if something is state-of-the-art, it uses the newest ideas, designs and materials.

Question 40

Walk-in wardrobe

Answer 40

something that is large enough to walk into.