VOCABULARY Flashcards
CÚRCUMA
TUMERIC
PITY
A feeling of sadness or sympathy for someone else’s unhappiness or difficult situation: WHAT A PITY!
Be set in your ways: They are set in their ways.
To do the same things every day and to not want to change those habits. Closed-minded.
It’ll work itself out.
Everything will work itself out.
You have no solution to solve the problem, so you believe that it will resolve itself without any work on your part.
A GLITCH
At that moment the videophone GLITCHED.
A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment.
ACCOMPLISH
FULFILL, COMPLETE
THAT WAS AN EASY READ!
Something you can easily read, understand.
To put on the backburner.
To put a goal on pause but with the intention to pursue in the future.
- burner is the circle on the stove where you put a pan.
Good financial habits.
That you have or that you want to adopt in the future.
Débito Automático
An automatic deduction on payday.
You like it explained in laymans terms
Everyday language as opposed to technical terms
Temos muitas opções em nossas mãos (na ponta dos dedos, no celular)
We have a lot of options AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
MUTUAL FUNDS
Usually safer way to invest.
* not like stocks.
Thrift stores
Second hand shops
SACAR DINHEIRO
WITHDRAW CASH
TROCAR DINHEIRO
BREAK THE BILL
TO LEND (past: lent)
Grant to (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it shall be returned.
“Stewart asked me to lend him my car”
DISPOSABLE INCOME
How much money I have left.
Income remaining after deduction of taxes and other mandatory charges, available to be spent or saved as one wishes.
Pay in installments.
Pay small sums of money at regular intervals over a period of time, rather than
the whole amount at once.
Monthly payment plan.
TRACK YOUR SPENDING.
Tracking your spending is a way to take control of your money. Knowing where your money goes can help you spend less and save more.
WITHIN
Inside or not further than an area or period of time.
Two thirds of Californians live within 15 miles of the coast.
We recommend that this wine should be consumed within six months.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SOMETHING
To feel pleased and excited about something that is going to happen.
I’m really looking forward to my holiday.
She was looking forward to seeing the grandchildren again.
I look forward to hearing from you.
rather than
Instead of; used especially when you prefer one thing to another.
I think I’d like to stay at home this evening rather than go out.
Would you mind holding for a minute?”?
Sometimes when you make a phone call the person you are trying to call cannot talk immediately. When this happens, they will probably say a phrase like Would you mind holding for a minute? or
Please stay on the line
. Both of these phrases are simply asking you to wait.
