| A | B |
|---|
| advantage | a benefit; a plan |
| despite | even with; in spite of |
| function | to serve a particular purpose |
| focus | to give all your attention to something |
| gambling | playing games to win money |
| imitations | something that is made to look like something else |
| immigrant | a person who leaves one country to settle in another |
| merchant | someone who owns and runs a store |
| misfortune | bad luck |
| option | a choice |
| prehistoric | before human beings recorded events in writing |
| random | without a plan or pattern |
| shortage | a lack of something |
| standard | widely used or accepted |
| wage | payment for work |
