Working round the clock

Which words would fit the words in bold in the passage above?

• in addition to
• additional
• rising
• portion
• collapse
• deal
• did
• dose
• afford everything
• relax

Working round the clock

vocabulary from the text

(inf – informal, vb – verb)

round the clock – all day and all night
struggle home – to get home with difficulty
a pig of a journey inf – a terrible trip
a stinker of a day inf – a dreadful day
slump vb – collapse
switch off inf – stop having to concentrate
for a second helping – for more (helping is often used of food)
going up – rising
make ends meet – pay for everything
utility bills – bills for gas, electricity, water etc
soaring – rising
council tax – a tax paid to a local council in order to pay for local services eg street-lighting
rising – increasing
stealth taxes – taxes on wealth
eating up – consuming
ever-growing – increasing all the time
household income – total amount of money which comes into a flat / house where people live together
take on – start
boost – increase
cope with – deal with
pay off debts – finish paying money one owes
spokesman – someone who represents an organisation who speaks officially to the public
a friendly society – (in UK) an organisation to which members pay small amounts of money over a long period so that when they are ill or old they will receive money back
carry out – do
beyond – more than
mounting debt – rising debt
people ………are just as likely to …….as …- it is just as probable that people will …. as
take out a loan – borrow money from an organisation such as a bank