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

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! https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/01/06/40-what-is-the-most-expensive-city-in-the-world-english-vocabulary-lesson/ CONTACT US!! INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Twitter - @thinkenglishpod Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Gmail - [email protected] VOCABULARY LIST To rank (v) - to have a position a higher or lower than others, or to be considered to have such a position She ranked the bottle in order of size along the shelf Inexpensive (adj) - not costing a lot of money That is an inexpensive perfume To drop (v) - to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level We had to drop our prices because of the recession Habit (n) - something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it Members of the public were asked about their shopping habits To embrace (v) - to accept something enthusiastically He embraced the opportunity Vice (n) - a moral fault or weakness in someone’s character My one real vice is chocolate To cope (v) - to deal successfully with a difficult situation It must be really hard to cope with three young children and a job To plummet (v) - to fall very quickly and suddenly House prices have plummeted in recent months --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices