U1 Vocabulary bank

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H

heavy lifting

(noun) 

/ˈhevi lɪftiŋ/

the act of picking up and carrying heavy objects

  • Ex: The smallest fossils were carried out of the park by hand. Machines did the heavy lifting.

 

homemaker

(noun)

/ˈhəʊmˌmeɪ.kər/

a person who manages a home and often raises children instead of earning money from a job

  • Ex: My mother handles most chores around the house. She's the homemaker.

     

 

 

household finances

(noun)

/ˈhaʊshəʊld faɪˈnæns/

the field of financial economics that studies how households use financial instruments and markets to achieve their objectives.

  • Ex: How are Vietnamese household finances recently changing?