Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Ad #5: Is a million pounds enough to retire on?




Vocabularies:
  • pension: a sum paid regularly to a person, usually after retirement
  • pot: (n) any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for cooking food
  • inflation: (n) a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
  • heir: (n) a person who inherits another's belongings
  • congenital: (adj) existing at birth but not hereditary
  • moderate: (adj) average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree
  • relief: (n) food, money, or services that provide help for people in need
    (n) a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
  • compound: [FINANCE & ECONOMICS] (adj.) used to refer to a system of paying interest in which interest is paid both on the original amount of money invested (= given to companies hoping to get more back) or borrowed and on the interest that has collected over a period of time
  • boost: (v) to improve or increase something (n) the act of improving/increasing something