40. What is the Most Expensive City in the World? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>How expensive is the city you live in? Recently, the Economist Intelligence Unit has released its ranking of the most expensive cities in the world. The episode will look at the results of this ranking, as well as talk about some of the trends in price increases or decreases and the reasons behind these trends!</strong></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/06/40-what-is-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/"><strong>https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/06/40-what-is-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></a></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/04/39-brexit-all-the-essential-vocabulary-english-vocabulary-lesson/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CONTACT US!!</a></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</a>)</p> <p>Twitter - @thinkenglishpod</p> <p>Blog - <a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p>Gmail - [email protected]</p> <h4><strong>VOCABULARY LIST</strong></h4> <p><strong>To rank (v) - to have a position a higher or lower than others, or to be considered to have such a position</strong></p> <p><em>She ranked the bottle in order of size along the shelf</em></p> <p><strong>Inexpensive (adj) - not costing a lot of money</strong></p> <p><em>That is an inexpensive perfume</em></p> <p><strong>To drop (v) - to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level</strong></p> <p><em>We had to drop our prices because of the recession</em></p> <p><strong>Habit (n) - something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it</strong></p> <p><em>Members of the public were asked about their shopping habits</em></p> <p><strong>To embrace (v) - to accept something enthusiastically</strong></p> <p><em>He embraced the opportunity</em></p> <p><strong>Vice (n) - a moral fault or weakness in someone’s character</strong></p> <p><em>My one real vice is chocolate</em></p> <p><strong>To cope (v) - to deal successfully with a difficult situation</strong></p> <p><em>It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job</em></p> <p><strong>To plummet (v) - to fall very quickly and suddenly</strong></p> <p><em>House prices have plummeted in recent months</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support</a>

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