Secret wealth vs.

‘for richer, for

poorer’
Nguyen Truong Gia Minh, M.A.
New vocabulary
  to keep or plan to use
something for a
particular purpose
Earmark (v)
Flounder (v)

to experience great difficulties or be completely

unable to decide what to do or say next:
Inherit (v)

to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they

have died
Property (n)

an object or objects that belong to someone

Hatch (v)

to make a plan, especially a secret plan

  to make a government, area, or political group lose power

Destabilize (v) or control, or to make a political or economic situation less

strong or safe, by causing changes and problems
Reluctant (v)  not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it:
Spouse (n)

a person's husband or wife

Loan (n)

an amount of money that is borrowed, often from a bank, and

has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of
money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing:
Boundary (n)

an edge or limit of something

Jurisdiction (n)

the official authority to make (esp. legal) decisions and

judgments
Dictate (v)  to give orders, or state something with total authority
Asset (n)

something having value, such as a possession or property, that is

owned by a person, business, or organization
Stipulate (v)

to state exactly what must be done

Squabble (v)

an argument over something that is not important

Recognizing Patterns
 Give a counter-argument to a
Instead previous point
 Emphasize a contrast
But
On the whole Generalize
 Introduces additional information
Moreover
 Gives a counter-argument to a
Instead previous point
Sum up Conclude